
The Somme
Drama · Documentary
Overview
Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
Top Cast


Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)
Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)


Ed Stoppard
Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May
Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May


Paul Popplewell
Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh
Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh


Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney


Martin Hancock
Martin Hancock
Andrews
Martin Hancock
Andrews


Raymond Waring
Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Robert Cambrinus
Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel
Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel


William Beck
William Beck
Bundy
William Beck
Bundy
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