The Passing Bells
“Shared hopes. Shared sorrows.”
2014•16•1 Seasons•5 Episodes•7.5•Ended
DramaWar & Politics
At the outbreak of World War I, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
Creator
Tony Jordan
Network
BBC One
Origin
GB
Cast
Patrick Gibson
Thomas
Jack Lowden
Michael
Felix Auer
Lanzo
Adam Long
Anthony
Wilf Scolding
Freddie
Charles Furness
Stefan
Johnny Gibbon
Rudi
Sabrina Bartlett
Katie
Jennifer Hennessy
Susan
Brian Fletcher
Derek
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