The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV Show| Title | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century |
| User score | 8.3 |
| Release date | Nov 10, 1996 |
| Release date of last episode | Dec 29, 1996 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Jay Winter , Blaine Baggett |
| Production country | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Production companies | BBC, Imperial War Museums, KCET |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 8 |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS1.E8 ∙ War Without End
Dec 29, 1996
S1.E7 ∙ Legacy
Dec 22, 1996
S1.E6 ∙ Collapse
Dec 15, 1996
S1.E5 ∙ Mutiny
Dec 8, 1996
S1.E4 ∙ Slaughter
Dec 1, 1996
S1.E3 ∙ What if... Total War
Nov 24, 1996
S1.E2 ∙ Stalemate
Nov 17, 1996
S1.E1 ∙ Explosion
Nov 10, 1996
Actors
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Salome Jens
Narrator (voice)
René Auberjonois
Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter
Vera Brittain (voice)
Leslie Caron
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
Ralph Fiennes
Wilfred Owen (voice)
Malcolm McDowell
Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
Jürgen Prochnow
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Natasha Richardson
Vera Brittain
Michael York
Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
