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1 Season
8 Episode
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - Season 1
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Dame Judi Dench in the UK and Salome Jens in the United States. The series won two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Jeremy Irons for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the other for Outstanding Informational Series. In 1997, it was given a Peabody Award.
- Year: 1996
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: world war i, biography, world war
- Director: Jay Winter, Blaine Baggett
- Cast: Salome Jens