the great war, the people's story
mal2pool
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Anyone watch this on itv1 Sunday night, was superb, really moving letters written from the trenches and nicely acted, especially Matthew mcnulty and Daniel Mays. So moving.
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I'm surprised that there isn't an active thread on this.
Yes he was the posh soldier ( hes starring in The Mill at present too on c4).
The story continues with the same men in future episodes.
I suppose BBC2 have the same idea with Great war diaries on saturday night but havent watched that yet.
Third person wasn't it? It got on my nerves. "Small wife" how patronising.
I had a mate who used to call his wife Dormouse and himself Field Mouse, and he used to talk to her in the third person "Field Mouse wants to xxxx" etc. It was nauseating and trivialising.
Ill be sure to catch the next programme
Did posh people really speak like that back then, suppose they must have. Matthew McNulty deserves an award though for his portrayal of the posh lieutenant. Completely different from his character in the mill. Looks like a different person.
I really felt sad when they read out the obituaries, especially Reg, although he got married, had children and a business. It put flesh onto the bones of a tragic time in our history. And let’s not forget the sacrifices of so many young men who loved their country.
Hoping to come home in their letters to see their loved ones and to see babies growing up . Real shame they would never come home to see them again.
Watched both episodes and cried through out both
I have read quite a few books from that era and it so heartbreaking what they went through for us.
Great acting (love Daniel May) and the first reconstruction doctor, amazing!
I was surprised at the one debating whether to say "Obey" or not, this was 1916, surely it was accepted and not questioned then, in the days before femininism?
Didn't see it but knew it would be good when I saw the advert with Daniel. Top actor. Really enjoyed him as Ronnie Biggs.
Their stories so sad but good that we were able to hear what happened to them and to see the actual grave stone for the officer and to see what became of his son, and also to see Reg do well and go on to have a family.
Moving and thought provoking.
My wife's grandfather was killed on the Somme when her mother was a young child.
I think they probably did. I have read some books about Queen Victoria and she always seemed to speak that way. Calling herself "little wifey" to her Albert and so on.
I mean love!
Well done ITV with this series.
It was heart breaking and Emily never married but saved the letters all her life to be found by someone cleaning out her home after she passed away. I had two spinster aunts (who were actually old enough to be my granny), one lost her fiancé in WW1 and went in to nursing, the other although born in 1908, didn't marry as there were very few young men around. She also became a nurse, they were both wonderful to me as a child and I'm sure would have made loving wives and mothers.