
Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.

Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)

Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May

Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh

Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney

Martin Hancock
Andrews

Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel

William Beck
Bundy

Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love

The Thieving Headmistress
The Thieving Headmistress

The Dance
The Dance

39/45 : Amours interdites
39/45 : Amours interdites

Jules and Jim
Jules and Jim
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day
If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day

Days of Glory
Days of Glory

Soft Targets
Soft Targets

The Visitor
The Visitor

The Road to War (The End of an Empire)
The Road to War (The End of an Empire)

Avalon
Avalon

The Silent Mountain
The Silent Mountain