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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
WW1 on Film: Our World War
Our World War was a three-part BBC Drama series for the Great War Centenary in 2014 covering the fighting at Mons in 1914, the Somme in 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918. It pioneered a new approach to film making about the Great War but a decade on is it still relevant and what does it tell us about the Great War?
The Paddy Kennedy interview is in the archives of the Imperial War Museum.
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Thanks for this critique Paul. I enjoyed all three, although unlike you, I wasn’t struck on the music! For the reasons you outline though I agree that the third episode was the weakest.
in Richard Holmes’ War Walks on Mons he describes Private Godley as “a dangerous man in the barrack room”.
I have always been troubled by the high casualties suffered during the final months of the war. By my reckoning the losses in the final 100 days were higher than those on the four months of the Somme in 1916. But as you alluded to, that was the price of defeating the main enemy in the main theatre of war.
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