Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
Overview
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.
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Creator
Series Cast
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Narrator (voice)
8 Episodes
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Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
1 Episode
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Vera Brittain (voice)
1 Episode
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Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
1 Episode
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Wilfred Owen (voice)
1 Episode
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Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
1 Episode
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Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
1 Episode
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Vera Brittain
1 Episode
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Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
1 Episode
Last Season
الموسم 1
1996 • 8 Episodes
Season 1 of The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century premiered on November 10, 1996.
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Status Ended
Network
Type Miniseries
Original Language English
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