The Great War: The People's Story Helen, Andrew, Hallie, Emily and Will (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History, War

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The Great War: The People's Story

Helen, Andrew, Hallie, Emily and Will (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History, War

1917: Hallie Miles publishes her book Health Without Meat and is one of many expressing their fears about Zeppelin raids. Also in London Helen Bentwich, a barrister's wife whose family has long denied her any vocation, comes to work at the...See more1917: Hallie Miles publishes her book Health Without Meat and is one of many expressing their fears about Zeppelin raids. Also in London Helen Bentwich, a barrister's wife whose family has long denied her any vocation, comes to work at the Woolwich arsenal. She is shocked by the conditions of the working class and is instrumental in union activity. In the Essex country side Scots parson Andrew Clark, in his memoirs Echoes of the Great War shares Hallie's horror of the Zeppelin bombing raids and concern that so many young men are being sent to the trenches to be slaughtered. Also in Essex nineteen year old housemaid Emily Chitticks meets and falls in love with Cornish teenager Will Martin whose regiment has been billeted nearby. He is sent to the war and the pair exchange letters but he is killed by a sniper. Emily will never marry despite surviving until 1973. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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Name	Known for
Olivia Colman Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Favourite (2018)
Brian Cox Reverend Andrew Clark Reverend Andrew Clark See fewer	Succession (2018)
Claire Foy Helen Bentwich Helen Bentwich See fewer	First Man (2018)
Rosalind March Actress Actress See fewer	Flawless (2007)
Amy Morgan Emily Chitticks Emily Chitticks See fewer	No Time to Die (2021)
James Norton Will Martin Will Martin See fewer	Little Women (2019)
Alison Steadman Hallie Miles Hallie Miles See fewer	Life Is Sweet (1990)