Series · Documentary
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)Season 1
★ 8.4 · 5 votes1 season · 8 episodesDocumentary1996
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Dame Judi Dench in the UK and Salome Jens in the United States. The series won two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Jeremy Irons for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the other for Outstanding Informational Series. In 1997, it was given a Peabody Award.
- Creator
- Jay Winter, Blaine Baggett
- Writers
- Blaine Baggett, Jay Winter, Carl Byker
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- November 10, 1996
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Salome JensNarrator (voice)
René AuberjonoisJean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
Helena Bonham CarterVera Brittain (voice)
Leslie CaronCzarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
Ralph FiennesWilfred Owen (voice)
Malcolm McDowellCzar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
Jürgen ProchnowKaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Natasha RichardsonVera Brittain
Michael YorkRobert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
Episodes
0/8 watched- Episode 1: ExplosionNov 10, 1996
- Episode 2: StalemateNov 17, 1996
- Episode 3: What if... Total WarNov 24, 1996
- Episode 4: SlaughterDec 1, 1996
- Episode 5: MutinyDec 8, 1996
- Episode 6: CollapseDec 15, 1996
- Episode 7: LegacyDec 22, 1996
- Episode 8: War Without EndDec 29, 1996
