The First World War (TV series)

The First World War
Created by	Jonathan Lewis
Directed by	Various
Narrated by	Jonathan Lewis
Opening theme	Cecil Coles
Composer	Orlando Gough
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Wark Clements & Hamilton Films
Running time	8 hrs 23 min (Ten 50 min episodes)
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	2003 (2003)
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The First World War (2003) is a ten-part Channel 4 documentary television series surveying the history of World War I (1914-1918). It is based on the 2003 book of the same name by Oxford history professor Hew Strachan.^[1] (Additionally, a tie-in book of participant letters and diaries — A War in Words (2003) by Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis — was published for the series.) The series was narrated and produced by Jonathan Lewis and was directed by Corina Sturmer, Marcus Kiggell, and Simon Rockell.