Pals
First World War drama series. A soldier in the Manchester Pals regiment finds himself fighting both the Germans and a system that requires him to execute one of his pals.
Series immersing viewers in the real stories of British troops serving on the front line during World War I.
1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighbourhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volunteer nurse.
These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy.
Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier?
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Clips
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The Manchester Pals join the Army
Duration: 01:30
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The first day of the Somme
Duration: 01:04
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Meeting Lizzie in France
Duration: 01:15
Music Played
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The Prodigy
Invaders must die
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The Diamond Center
WTT
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The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
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Raffertie
Still Water
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Raffertie
Animal World
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The Loved Ones
Hi Pressure
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Sam Gopal
Grass
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Portishead
Roads
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Emika
Dem Worlds (instrumental)
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Charlie Jones
Big Hair
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Paddy Kennedy | Luke Tittensor |
Father Brooks | Stuart Graham |
Henry Delaney | Lewis Reeves |
Andy | Michael Socha |
William Hunt | Chris Mason |
Lizzie | Hannah Britland |
Sergeant Mitchell | Paul Popplewell |
Jim | Bobby Schofield |
Crombie | Sandy Batchelor |
Major Davies | Anthony Shuster |
Wiltshire | Michael Peavoy |
Regimental Sergeant Major | Andrew MacBean |
Soldier | Laurie Kynaston |
Director | Ben Chanan |
Producer | Susan Horth |
Writer | Joe Barton |
Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Aug 2014 21:00
- Fri 15 Aug 2014 02:00
- Sat 16 Aug 2014 00:30
- Sun 17 Aug 2014 21:00
- Tue 19 Aug 2014 01:00
- Thu 21 Aug 2014 03:00
- Mon 20 Oct 2014 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
- Mon 20 Oct 2014 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 21 Oct 2014 00:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
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