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Duration: 1 hour

Jeremy Paxman tells the tragic story of World War One poet Wilfred Owen. At a time of jingoism and wartime propaganda, one Shropshire lad was compelled to tell the truth. Jeremy Paxman travels to the battlefields of France to discover how the ugliest and most terrible arena imaginable gave birth to some of the most poignant and powerful poetry in the English language. Wilfred Owen is played by Samuel Barnett.

Last on

Thu 11 Nov 2010 22:00 BBC Four

Credits

Presenter
Jeremy Paxman
Director
Louise Hooper
Producer
Louise Hooper

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Nov 2007 16:50 BBC One only on Scotland

  • Sun 11 Nov 2007 17:50 BBC One except HD, Scotland

  • Tue 18 Dec 2007 01:45 BBC One except Channel Islands, HD, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire

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