At the Eleventh Hour
Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war.
Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war. Grieving parents held seances to contact their dead sons, surgeons battled to rebuild the faces of the wounded, and a maverick MP tried to pin the blame for the crisis on a conspiracy of sexual deviants in government.
And then, dramatically, the tide of battle turned, and exhausted Britons found themselves weeping for joy as the armistice was signed. The nation began to count the cost of four years of war, revealing some surprising winners as well as losers.
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Peace at last
Duration: 02:14
Making the series
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jeremy Paxman |
| Executive Producer | Basil Comely |
| Series Producer | Julian Birkett |
| Director | Julian Carey |
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From casualties to commemoration, explore the realities of war with this OU booklet.
World War One at the 大象传媒
New perspectives on the war that changed everything.
Download your free Open University booklet
From casualties to commemoration, explore the realities of war with this OU booklet.
World War One at the 大象传媒
New perspectives on the war that changed everything.