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Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy try to discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War, a journey which leads to some surprising revelations.

Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy set off down very different paths to try and discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War.

Natalie's journey tracks some of the forgotten stories of the war and takes her from the bombed out streets of London to the mass burial sites of Belgium. Dan retraces the footsteps of his great grandfather General Thomas Snow and is shocked to discover that he may have been partially to blame for the slaughter at the Battle of the Somme.

42 minutes

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Tue 11 Nov 200802:20
BBC One

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Credits

ParticipantDan Snow
ParticipantNatalie Cassidy

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Nov 200822:35
    BBC HD & BBC One except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Mon 3 Nov 200823:25
    BBC One Scotland
  • Mon 3 Nov 200823:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Tue 4 Nov 200819:30
    BBC Four
  • Sun 9 Nov 200812:10
    BBC HD
  • Tue 11 Nov 200802:20
    BBC One