The Passing Bells

The Passing Bells
Genre Miniseries[1]
Drama[1]
War[1]
Written by Tony Jordan
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Location(s) Poland
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Red Planet Pictures
Distributor BBC Worldwide, TVP (Poland)
Broadcast
Original channel
Original run 3 November 2014[2][3] – 7 November 2014[3]
External links
Website

The Passing Bells is a British-Polish drama war television series that was first broadcast on BBC One. The series is set during World War I and is a part of the BBC First World War centenary season.[4] It featured the Western Front, the Gallipoli Campaign, the Battle of the Somme, the Eastern Front, and the American Expeditionary Forces.[4] The five-part drama is written by Tony Jordan.[4][5][6][7]

Cast

A cast of young British men from Cardiff and German actors play their supporting battalions, including Charles Furness, Brian Fletcher, Wilf Scolding, Hubert Burton, Felix Auer, Ben McGregor, Mark Burghagen and Matthew Aubrey.[8]

Production

The series was announced by the BBC on 16 October 2013, along with other programmes that will play a part in the BBC World War I centenary season.[4] It is a Red Planet Production with BBC Worldwide as the distributor.[9] Filming took place in Poland. Telewizja Polska and Apple Film Production are co-producers.[10][11][12] It was broadcast on five consecutive days on BBC 1 from 3 November 2014.[13]

The title was taken from Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3893044/''. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  2. ↑ http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/10/bbc-one-sets-premiere-date-wwi-drama-passing-bells/
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nz99y/episodes/guide''. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Passing-Bells". BBC. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "The BBC announces its four-year World War One Centenary season". BBC. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Burrell, Ian (13 October 2013). "WW1 beyond the mud and trenches: BBC’s plans for the centenary of World War One". The Independent. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Conlan, Tara (16 October 2013). "BBC to mark first world war centenary with biggest TV season to date". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rising talent to lead BBC One’s First World War drama Passing Bells". BBC. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "BBC Worldwide and Apple Film Production Broker Deal With Polish Broadcaster TVP to co-produce The Passing Bells". BBC Worldwide. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (27 February 2014). "BBC Worldwide, Poland’s TVP to Shoot World War I Drama ‘The Passing Bells’". Variety. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Kemp, Stuart (27 February 2014). "BBC Worldwide Teams With Poland's TVP, Apple Film Production for World War I Drama". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "TVP joins The Passing Bells". C21 Media. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  13. ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/programme/c7kwm8/the-passing-bells
  14. ↑ "The Passing Bells - an interview with scriptwriter Tony Jordan". BBC. 5 November 2014.

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