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Day of Days
Episode 2 of 10
Wartime drama series. It is D-Day and the troops cross the English Channel to France, where Lt Winters is chosen to lead an attack on a fortified artillery position.
It is 6 June 1944, the D-Day. Planes with thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France, where they come under heavy fire. None of the men land where they expected to and many lose their weapons and supplies in the drop. Winters links up with solitary soldiers and they set off to find their units. When Winters is later chosen to lead an attack on a fortified Germany artillery position, the mission is successful, but Winters, now acting company commander, loses his first man.
Last on
Wed 12 Nov 200800:20
BBC Two Scotland
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Richard Loncraine |
| Richard D. Winters | Damian Lewis |
| Joseph D. Toye | Kirk Acevedo |
| Lynn 'Buck' Compton | Neal McDonough |
| Lewis Nixon | Ron Livingston |
| William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere | Frank John Hughes |
| Carwood Lipton | Donnie Wahlberg |
| Donal G. Malarkey | Scott Grimes |
| Joseph Liebgott | Ross McCall |
| Robert 'Popeye' Wynn | Nicholas Aaron |
| Wayne 'Skinny' Sisk | Philip Barantini |
| Actor | David Schwimmer |
