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Passing Bells - Season 1

Series: Passing Bells

4.3

(88)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2014

Language

English

Publisher

BBC Studios

About

A moving, powerful drama set during World War One and told through the eyes of two ordinary young men, who enlist in a war they expect will be over within months. As the conflict unfolds, so do the boys' incredible stories. Thomas and Michael are two young men for whom the war has little mercy, no matter which side they might be fighting for. Over five years, follow their lives as they grow up, lose friends and find love amid the horrors of the war.

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Drama

Episodes

1. Episode 1

30m

At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. But their enthusiasm is tested when they get their first taste of battle.

2. Episode 2

30m

1915. On the eastern front, Michael is forced to make a terrible choice, while on the western front Tommy's regiment experiments with a dangerous new weapon.

3. Episode 3

30m

1916. Tommy and Michael's regiments face one another on opposite sides of the Somme battlefield.