"26, while the Dona nobis pacem (Latin for ""Grant us peace"") from the Missa Sancti Nicolai, composed by Joseph Haydn, can be heard. The series ends with Laurence Olivier saying ""Remember"". Some footage and interviews which were not used in the original series were later made into additional hour or half-hour documentaries narrated by Eric Porter. These were released as a bonus to the VHS version and are included in the DVD set of the series, first released in 2001. The original book ""The World at War"", which accompanied the series, was written by Mark Arnold-Forster in 1973. In October"
"a number of individuals from these communities as they move through the war in the Pacific, African and European theaters, and focuses on the effect of the war on them, their families and their communities. A number of notable actors including Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale and Eli Wallach are heard as voice actors reading contemporary newspaper articles, telegrams, letters from the front, etc. Notable persons including Daniel Inouye, Sidney Phillips, Joe Medicine Crow and Paul Fussell were interviewed. The full documentary runs 14 hours and was broadcast in seven parts on"
"Colin Campbell (actor) Colin Campbell (17 January 1937 – 1 March 2018) was an English actor. Campbell's best-known role was the lead in ""The Leather Boys"" in 1964, in which he plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend—who, he belatedly realises, is gay. He also starred in ""Nuns on the Run"" (1990) and made many appearances on British television, including in the role of David Ashton, one of the main characters in the popular ITV drama series ""A Family At War"" which aired from 1970 to 1972. His photograph appears on the cover of"
"George Waring (actor) George Waring (20 February 1925 – 15 February 2010) was a British television actor from 1962 to 2000. He also had occasional feature film credits. He was best known for appearing on ""Coronation Street"" as Arnold Swain, the bigamist husband of Emily Bishop in 1980. Earlier in the 1970s he appeared in ""Crown Court"", the long running ITV courtroom drama series. He also appeared in an episode of the early ""Doctor Who"" series. He attended Ducie High School, Manchester and joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 18. After acting with a service repertory company"
"A Family at War A Family At War is a British drama series that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by Granada Television for ITV. The original producer was Richard Doubleday and there were 13 directors over the series. The series examined the lives of the lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool and their experiences from 1938 and through the Second World War. Despite being set in Liverpool, only one of the regular characters (David Ashton) spoke with a Liverpudlian accent. Fifty-two episodes were produced, all but"
"for extensive interviews for the famed multi-part Thames Television production, ""The World at War"", which was first broadcast in 1973. He also featured frequently in Marcel Ophüls' 1969 documentary ""Le chagrin et la pitié"", discussing the occupation of France in a wider geopolitical context. He spoke impeccable, if accented, French. Eden's occasional articles and his early 1970s television appearance were an exception to an almost total retirement. He seldom appeared in public, unlike other former Prime Ministers, e.g. James Callaghan who commented frequently on current affairs. He was even accidentally omitted from a list of Conservative Prime Ministers by Margaret"
"account of actual events. Director Timothy Hines said, in reference to this technique, ""When Orson Welles broadcast ""War of the Worlds"" on the radio in the 1930s, he presented it in such a way as to not clearly identify that it was a work of fiction. He did it for the drama. And many people took the fictional news broadcast as a real news broadcast. People believed they were hearing an actual invasion from Mars that night. We are approaching the story in the same way, as if it were an actual news documentary"". The then-82-year-old actor Floyd Reichman, playing"
"semi-documentary style, ending just as the explosion over New York City begins. ""The War Game"" (1965), produced by Peter Watkins, deals with a fictional nuclear attack on Britain. This film won the Oscar for Best Documentary, but was withheld from broadcast by the BBC for two decades. In the """" episode """", the first officer Spock estimates the death toll of Earth's Third World War at 36 million. The American public's concerns about nuclear weapons and related technology continued to be present in the 1970s. The most talked about events in the 1970s were the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal,"
"for the series was Alfred Price. The Secret War (TV series) The Secret War was a seven–part television series produced by the BBC in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum (IWM) that documented numerous key secret technical developments during the Second World War. It first aired during 1977 and was presented by William Woollard, drawing on the first-hand recollections of participants from both sides. The principal interviewee was Reginald Victor Jones, whose autobiography informed much of the research before its publication. The programme opening music was an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ""Pictures at an Exhibition"". The closing music was by the"
"his career in television when he joined Granada Television in Manchester as a producer in 1958. At Granada he was involved in creating or supervising series such as ""World in Action"" and ""What the Papers Say"". He has worked for the BBC (on ""Panorama"") in the 1960s and was the overall producer for the 26-episode series ""The World at War"" (1973–74) for Thames Television. He was Director of Programmes for Thames between 1974 and 1978. Later, he produced ""Ireland: A Television History"" (1981) for the BBC and co-produced the twenty-four episode television documentary series ""Cold War"" (1998) and the ten-part"
"led by the Anti-Apartheid Movement. In 1973 he was interviewed on the British TV documentary series ""The World at War"". De Guingand died on 29 June 1979 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France, at the age of 79. Freddie de Guingand Major-General Sir Francis Wilfred de Guingand, KBE, CB, DSO (28 February 1900 – 29 June 1979), better known as Freddie de Guingand, was a British Army officer who served with Montgomery from El Alamein to the surrender of the Wehrmacht in the West. He served as Montgomery's staff officer for a period of over two and a half years. He played"
"were actually pretty good and, in the end, unlike their enemies, won the war with a great victory. In 1945 Terraine married Joyce Waite; they had one daughter. Terraine died in London, aged 82. John Terraine John Alfred Terraine (15 January 1921 – 28 December 2003) was an English military historian, and a TV screenwriter. He is best known as the lead screenwriter for the landmark 1960s BBC-TV documentary ""The Great War"", about the First World War, and for his defense of British General Douglas Haig – who commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915"
"Toronto-area feed. He has played in a number of guest and supporting roles in television and some motion pictures. In 2010 he narrated the well received documentary series ""Greatest Tank Battles"". Robin Ward (television personality) Robin Ward (born April 10, 1944) is a Canadian actor and television personality. He is known for hosting a 1980 revival of the American game show ""To Tell the Truth"" and later hosting a Canadian game show called ""Guess What"". He was also an actor on the soap opera ""The Guiding Light"", in addition to having starred in the Canadian-produced 1973-74 science fiction series ""The"
"British Academy Television Award for Best Actor ""'1970 Edward Woodward in ""Callan"" ""'1971 Keith Michell in ""The Six Wives of Henry VIII"" ""'1972 John Le Mesurier in ""Traitor"" ""'1973 Anthony Hopkins in ""War and Peace"" ""'1974 Frank Finlay in ""The Adventures of Don Quixote""; ""Candide""; ""The Death of Adolf Hitler"" ""'1975 Peter Barkworth in ""Crown Matrimonial"" ""'1976 John Hurt in ""The Naked Civil Servant"" ""'1977 Derek Jacobi in ""I, Claudius"" ""'1978 Peter Barkworth in ""Professional Foul"" ""'1979 Edward Fox in ""Edward and Mrs Simpson"" ""'1980 Alec Guinness in ""Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"" ""'1981 Denholm Elliott in ""Gentle Folk""; ""In Hiding"";"
"the British Film Institute during 2000, voted for by industry professionals, ""The World at War"" ranked 19th. The series was originally transmitted on the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 31 October 1973 and 8 May 1974, and has subsequently been shown around the world. It was first shown in the US in syndication on various stations in 1974. WOR in New York aired the series in the mid-1970s, although episodes were edited both for graphic content and to include sufficient commercial breaks. PBS station WNET in New York broadcast the series unedited and in its entirety in 1982"
"alcohol. Ross died of cancer on August 12, 1999 at the age of 82. He was survived by his wife, Sue, and sister, Mrs. Shirley Frisch. Ross Elliott Ross Elliott (born Elliott Blum, June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in ""The War of the Worlds"", Orson Welles' famed radio program. Elliott was born in the Bronx, New York. While at City College of New York, he participated in the college's dramatic society; its activities diverted him from becoming a"
"2007 Ebury Press published ""The World at War"", a new book by Richard Holmes, an oral history of the Second World War drawn from the interviews conducted for the TV series. The programme's producers committed hundreds of interview-hours to film in its creation, but only a fraction of that recorded material was used for the final version of the series. A selection of the rest of this material was published in this book, which included interviews with Albert Speer, Karl Wolff (Himmler's adjutant), Traudl Junge (Hitler's secretary), James Stewart (USAAF bomber pilot and Hollywood star), Anthony Eden, John Colville (Private"
"in Europe he had various jobs, worked in repertory theatres in England and appeared in West End plays including ""Alfie."" George Waring (actor) George Waring (20 February 1925 – 15 February 2010) was a British television actor from 1962 to 2000. He also had occasional feature film credits. He was best known for appearing on ""Coronation Street"" as Arnold Swain, the bigamist husband of Emily Bishop in 1980. Earlier in the 1970s he appeared in ""Crown Court"", the long running ITV courtroom drama series. He also appeared in an episode of the early ""Doctor Who"" series. He attended Ducie High"
"H. G. Wells: War with the World H. G. Wells: War With The World is a 2006 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British author H. G. Wells, who is played in the film by Michael Sheen. The title of the film echoes that of one of Wells' best-known novels, ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898). The film dramatises the story of the author's life, by using H. G. Wells' own words. It tells the story of Wells' transformation from self-confident womaniser, socialist radical and young literary prophet to burdened missionary, dedicated to creating a World State."
"the hours after ""Rainbow"" and before the children's slot, ""Good Afternoon"" was transmitted, a magazine programme. It began after the IBA allowed non-schools broadcasting in this period of the day, when the government relaxed the regulations around daytime television and featured interview editions undertaken by such broadcasters as Mavis Nicholson, and a weekly consumer programme, which eventually became a programme in its own right; ""Money-Go-Round"". Of much greater prestige was ""The World at War"" (1973–74), a 26-part history of the Second World War using unseen footage and interviews, often of high-level participants. The series, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, was"
"television history. The producer Jeremy Isaacs was considered ahead of his time in resurrecting studies of military history. Among many other aspects, the series focused on a portrayal of the experience of the conflict: of how life and death throughout the war years affected soldiers, sailors and airmen, civilians, concentration camp inmates and other victims of the war. ""The World at War"" was commissioned by Thames Television in 1969. It took four years to produce at a cost of £900,000 (). At the time this was a record for a British television series. It was first shown in 1973 on"
"retire. He died on 8 November 1997 at St Mary's Hospital in London. He was 88. Michael Ward (actor) Michael Ward (born George William Everard Yoe Ward, 9 April 1909 – 8 November 1997) was an English character actor who appeared in nearly eighty films between 1947 and 1978. Ward was born in Carnmenellis in Cornwall to clergyman William George Henry Ward and his wife Annie (née Dingle). He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and won his first film role in 1947, playing Mr Trafford in Alexander Korda's ""An Ideal Husband"". In between the years 1947"
"best known internationally for his performance as Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring in the film ""Battle of Britain"" (1969). According to a booklet publicising the movie, he had allegedly once met Göring himself during the war. Former fighter ace Adolf Galland who worked as a technical consultant on the film had known Göring and was impressed with his performance and said his voice was exactly like Göring's. Riess died of heart failure a few days before his 80th birthday. Hein Riess Hein Riess, (11 September 1913 – September 1993) was a German actor and folk singer. Riess was born in Hamburg-Eilbek. He"
"Sexplorer"" (1975), ""Secrets of a Superstud"" (1976), ""The Medusa Touch"" (1978), ""Can I Come Too?"" (1979), ""Bear Island"" (1979), ""Don't Open till Christmas"" (1984), and the ""Star Wars"" saga film ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980). Mark Jones (actor) Mark Jones (22 April 1939 – 14 January 2010) was an English actor, who appeared frequently in various films and television series. Credits include: ""A Family at War"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Van der Valk"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Seeds of Doom""), ""The New Avengers"", ""The Onedin Line"", ""Target"", ""Secret Army"", ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Buccaneer"", ""Blott on the Landscape"", ""Casualty"", ""Call Me"
"Anthony Steel (actor) Anthony Maitland Steel (21 May 1920 – 21 March 2001) was an English actor and singer best known for his appearances in British war films of the 1950s such as ""The Wooden Horse"" (1950), and his marriage to Anita Ekberg. He was described as ""a glorious throwback to the Golden Age of Empire... the perfect imperial actor, born out of his time, blue-eyed, square-jawed, clean-cut."" As another writer put it, ""whenever a chunky dependable hero was required to portray grace under pressure in wartime or the concerns of a game warden in a remote corner of the"
"The Secret War (TV series) The Secret War was a seven–part television series produced by the BBC in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum (IWM) that documented numerous key secret technical developments during the Second World War. It first aired during 1977 and was presented by William Woollard, drawing on the first-hand recollections of participants from both sides. The principal interviewee was Reginald Victor Jones, whose autobiography informed much of the research before its publication. The programme opening music was an excerpt from Mussorgsky's ""Pictures at an Exhibition"". The closing music was by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. This episode documented"
"dramatist, and wrote her own radio play, ""The Maid's Room"", about the relationship between a servant and her mistress. She also adapted Rose Macauley's novel ""The World My Wilderness"" and Rebecca West's short story ""The Salt of the Earth"" for BBC Radio 4. Fraser was married and divorced from Anthony Squire. She was the sister of ballerina/actress Moyra Fraser. Shelagh Fraser Shelagh Fraser (25 November 1920 – 29 August 2000) was an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the television serial ""A Family at War"" (1970–1971) and for a minor role in ""Star Wars"" (1977). Shelagh"
"The Great War (TV series) The Great War is a 26-episode documentary series from 1964 on the First World War. The documentary was a co-production of the Imperial War Museum, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The narrator was Michael Redgrave, with readings by Marius Goring, Ralph Richardson, Cyril Luckham, Sebastian Shaw and Emlyn Williams. Each episode is long. In August 1963, at the suggestion of Alasdair Milne, producer of the BBC's current affairs programme ""Tonight"", the BBC resolved to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War with"
"Edward Woodward Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Woodward began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention from 1967 in the title role of the British television spy drama ""Callan"", earning him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film ""The"
"1972. Woodward won the 1970 BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his title role in ""Callan"". He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1978. At the 1987 Golden Globe Awards, he won Best Actor in a Dramatic TV Series for his role of Robert McCall in ""The Equalizer"". At the Emmy Awards from 1986 to 1990, he was nominated each year for ""The Equalizer"". Edward Woodward Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,"
"from which shipmate Marlow tells his tale. ""The War Game"" was a 1965 television drama-documentary film depicting a nuclear war. Written, directed, and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC's The Wednesday Play anthology series, it caused dismay within the BBC and in government, and was withdrawn before the provisional screening date of Thursday 7 October 1965.[1] The corporation said that ""the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting. It will, however, be shown to invited audiences...""[2] Despite this decision, it was publicly screened and shown abroad, winning"
"Robert Powell Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English television and film actor, best known for the title role in ""Jesus of Nazareth"" (1977) and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay. He is also known for his roles as Mark Williams in the BBC One medical drama ""Holby City"", as David Briggs in the sitcom ""The Detectives"" alongside Jasper Carrott, and as Tobias 'Toby' Wren in the ""science-fact"" drama ""Doomwatch"". His distinctive voice has become well known in advertisements and documentaries, especially in World War II documentaries including ""World War II in HD Colour"", ""Hitler's Bodyguard"","
"Dougall and Corbet Woodall. At the BBC he began presenting a number of other programmes such as the series ""Come Dancing"", ""Crackerjack"", ""Ask Aspel"", and the Miss World beauty contest, which he covered 14 times. He narrated the BREMA cartoon documentary, ""The Colour Television Receiver"" (aka ""Degaussing"" or ""The Colour Receiver Installation Film""), which was shown every day (except Sunday) on BBC2 between 14 October 1967 and 8 January 1971. He also provided narration for the BBC nuclear war drama documentary ""The War Game"", which won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 1966, but was not shown on British television"