The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

The story

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.

Cast & crew

Peter Barich

Peter BarichSharples

Darren Black

Darren BlackMaxwell's ADC

Steffan BojeHinkel

Eric CarteLt-Gen. Morland

Ben Goddard

Ben GoddardLt. Walton

Ben Goddard

Ben GoddardMellor

Wolf KahlerGeneral von Plessen

Rüdiger KuhlbrodtGeneral von Soden

Thorston ManderlaySchmitt

Iain McKeeFiddes

Iain McKeeRoutledge

Crispin RedmanLt-Col. Maxwell