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War Machine

Episode 3 of 3

World War One drama series. At the Battle of Amiens, a tank commander and his crew must storm through enemy lines and fight against the odds to bring the war to an end.

Series immersing viewers in the real stories of British troops serving on the front line during World War One.

1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.

Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth, a father-of-two desperate to see his children again, Private Dodds, a tough warrior scarred by the loss of his brothers and Mike Weston, a civilian mechanic conscripted into the tanks. The crew will only survive four gruelling days behind enemy lines if they can learn to work together. Can they bring the war to an end and make it home?

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Tue 28 Oct 201400:05

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Music Played

  • The Prodigy

    Invaders must die

  • Agnes Obel

    Fivefold

  • Murcof

    Camino

  • Silent Servant & Roll the Dice

    Process

  • Roll the Dice

    Wherever I go, darkness follows

  • Charlie Jones

    Big Hair

  • Max Richter

    Journey 2

  • The Loved Ones

    Wild Palms

  • Sharks Took the Rest

    Isobel

  • Esben and the Witch

    No Dog

  • The Cinematic Orchestra

    To Build A Home

  • Laura Marling

    Night after night

Credits

RoleContributor
Chas RowlandGerard Kearns
Lieutenant MouldLuke Norris
Fred FirthShaun Dooley
Mike WestonDanny Walters
DoddsChris Reilly
AnneAnna Bolton
Lieutenant CohenJohn Hollingworth
BurnsNiall McNamee
OfficerRyan Kiggell
German BoyJames Wilson
O'BrienKyle Evans
DawsonSholto Morgan
DirectorBruce Goodison
ProducerSusan Horth
WriterJoe Barton

Broadcasts

  • Thu 21 Aug 201421:00
  • Fri 22 Aug 201402:00
  • Sun 24 Aug 201421:00
  • Wed 27 Aug 201402:00
  • Thu 28 Aug 201403:00
  • Mon 27 Oct 201423:20
  • Mon 27 Oct 201423:45
  • Mon 27 Oct 201423:50
  • Tue 28 Oct 201400:05

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