The Great War: The People's Story Reg, Alan, James and Dorothy (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History, War

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The Great War: The People's Story

Reg, Alan, James and Dorothy (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History, War

1914:-Newly married lieutenant Alan Lloyd writes to his wife Dorothy from the trenches whilst Oxford undergraduate James Butlin, having obtained a commission also as a lieutenant, sends letters to fellow student Basil Burnett-Hall. Cockney...See more1914:-Newly married lieutenant Alan Lloyd writes to his wife Dorothy from the trenches whilst Oxford undergraduate James Butlin, having obtained a commission also as a lieutenant, sends letters to fellow student Basil Burnett-Hall. Cockney Reg Evans, an early volunteer, writes to his religious mother, including an account of how he heroically undertook a dangerous mission though two years later a shell will explode in his face. All three men initially write in positive tones which turn to disillusion as the war progresses. Emancipated would-be journalist Dorothy Lawrence dresses as a man and cycles to the Front, from where she sends back reports until she is arrested as a spy and sent to a psychiatric unit. She will survive another fifty years and die in 1964. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
MyAnna Buring Dorothy Lawrence Dorothy Lawrence See fewer	Kill List (2011)
Adam Byron James Butlin James Butlin See fewer	Kung Fury 2
Olivia Colman Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Favourite (2018)
Romola Garai Kate Parry Frye Kate Parry Frye See fewer	Atonement (2007)
Lily Loveless Dorothy Lloyd Dorothy Lloyd See fewer	Skins (2007)
Rosalind March Frances Evans Frances Evans See fewer	Flawless (2007)
Daniel Mays Reg Evans Reg Evans See fewer	The Bank Job (2008)
Matthew McNulty Alan Lloyd Alan Lloyd See fewer	The Rising (2022)
Adrian Scarborough Winston Churchill Winston Churchill See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)