The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.

Discover

Peter Barich

Sharples

Darren Black

Maxwell's ADC

Eric Carte

Lt-Gen. Morland

Ben Goddard

Lt. Walton

Ben Goddard

Mellor

Wolf Kahler

General von Plessen

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

General von Soden

Iain McKee

Fiddes

Iain McKee

Routledge

Crispin Redman

Lt-Col. Maxwell

Erich Redman

Hassler

Mike Rogers

Captain Tweed

Benedict Sandiford

Captain Johnston

John Shortell

Stammler

Alisdair Simpson

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Peter Stark

Knaupp

Martin Turner

Maj-Gen. Perceval

John Vine

Brig-Gen. Shoubridge

Adam Webb

Edwards

Georg Alfred Wittner

Captain Fischer

Camera

Martin Patmore

Director of Photography

Directing

Detlef Siebert

Director

Editing

Alan Lygo

Editor

Production

Matthew Barrett

Executive Producer

David Higginson

Line Producer

Carl Proctor

Casting

Bill Howard

Executive Producer

Volker Zielke

Co-Producer

Detlef Siebert

Producer

Sound

Writing