The Somme 1916 - From both sides of the wire - BBC2

[flash]

Did any of you chaps see this - The Somme 1916 - From both sides of the wire - a three part documentary on the battle by historian Peter Barton using docs and info from archives of both sides - lots of original photos and footage.
Saw part 1 was last night - All I will say is no wonder we got our arses handed to us !
If you didn't catch it have a look on BBC iplayer

[Flying Helmut]

Thanks for the heads-up!

I'll try to get a look at it.

[Stumptonian]

Will have to watch for a BBC DVD release* down the road as the iPlayer doesn't work over here


* to add to my growing collection of unwatched videos

[Carl_Brisgamer]

I am looking forward to seeing this documentary. The Somme still resonates with British and Commonwealth nations 100 years later. The Australian War Memorial just held a commemorative service for the Battle of Fromelles where over 5,500 Australians became casualties with almost 2,000 recorded as killed in action or died of wounds. This is believed to be the greatest loss by a single division in 24 hours during the Great War.

It is not the same with the Germans and French, for their countries it is Verdun that epitomises the bloody sacrifice of the First World War.

[Rebel]

Watched it and thought it was very good. Certainly went into areas not normally gone into. German intelligence reports were very revealing.

[Hedeby]

Got it recorded haven't managed to watch it yet but it looked good

[Archidamus]

Got it recorded haven't managed to watch it yet but it looked good

Ditto - sitting on the HDD along with several hours of other "to watch" programmes (if you can define 30 plus hours as "several")

[Boney10]

Watched the first part and found it very interesting, was pleased to see the Pals units mentioned in the attack on Serre, even though a failure it cost a lot.
Looking forward to the next episodes