Tony Robinson's World War 1: Season 1

4 episodes Premiered Mar 13, 2015 Updated Oct 5, 2026

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Mar 13, 2015 · 48 min

Tony Robinson unpicks the Great War using a unique archive of 3D photographs taken in the trenches at the time. These incredible images have never been broadcast before in their or

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Episode 2

Mar 20, 2015 · 48 min

In episode 2 of our series Tony Robinson asks whether the men who lost their lives at battles during WW1 were lions led by donkeys, or whether a brutal war of attrition was the onl

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Episode 3

Mar 27, 2015 · 48 min

In the third episode of World War 1 in 3D, the Battle of the Somme is now in full swing but the Western Front is still locked in stalemate. All that bloodshed and slaughter is lead

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Episode 4

Apr 3, 2015 · 48 min

This is World War One as you’ve never seen it before. It seems unbelievable but there are thousands of 3D photographs taken of the First World War, yet none of them have ever been