The Passing Bells
Shared hopes. Shared sorrows.
Created by Tony Jordan
On BBC One
A concentrated five-episode historical drama that follows two young soldiers across the First World War, balancing intimate character connection against the grinding darkness of industrial warfare.
At the outbreak of World War I, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
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