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Crimson Field, The (TV Mini-series)Crimson Field, The (TV Mini-series) (2014) Recommended
Dir. David Evans
Feat. Kerry Fox, Jack Gordon, Suranne Jones
A vivid and emotive epic British drama set in the tented field hospitals of WW1. Centred around an experienced nurse who arrives at an overcrowded…
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Mini-Series)Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Lesley Manville
The colourful and perilous adventures of Ian Fleming are liberally brought to life in this wartime spy romp pitched as the making of James Bond.
Our Girl (TV Series)Our Girl (TV Series) (2014) Recommended
Feat. Lacey Turner
Lacey Turner stars in this acclaimed drama as a young woman on her first deployment as a serving army medic against the backdrop of the British…
Bluestone 42 (TV Series)Bluestone 42 (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Oliver Chris, Kelly Adams, Matthew Lewis
Excellent British dramedy combines realism with levity in its chronicle of a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. Series One: 9…
Generation War (TV Mini-Series)Generation War (TV Mini-Series) (2013)
Feat. Volker Bruch, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte
Hugely popular in Germany this mini–series examines the second World War from the German perspective. Told through the eyes of five friends as…
Last Resort (TV Series)Last Resort (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Autumn Reeser
Tense military drama set on board a U.S. submarine which refuses to carry out an order to fire launch nuclear ballistic missiles at Pakistan. 13…
Wipers Times, The Wipers Times, The (2013)
Dir. Andy De Emmony
Feat. Ben Chaplin, Michael Palin
The horrors of trench warfare are matched with alleviating gallows humour in this strangely moving tale of a satirical newspaper published on the…
Birdsong (TV Mini-Series)Birdsong (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
Dir. Philip Martin
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Clemence Poesy, Matthew Goode
The horrific experiences of an English soldier fighting in northern France are juxtaposed against his fond, but haunted memories of a forbidden love…
Bomb Girls (TV Series)Bomb Girls (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Ali Liebert
A first–rate Canadian drama centred on the lives of women on the home–front who were recruited to work in dangerous munitions factories…
Restless (TV Mini-Series)Restless (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
Dir. Edward Hall
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery
A fine small screen adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, about a young woman who learns that her mother was recruited as a spy during World…

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