0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains violent scenes,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06some strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:10and contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting
0:00:10 > 0:00:12GUNFIRE
0:00:12 > 0:00:13GUNFIRE
0:00:13 > 0:00:18MUSIC: "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy
0:00:21 > 0:00:23This is it, boys!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25We're in the war now!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Get out, Sid!
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Can't sleep, Private Kennedy?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Someone told me they can hear the barrage back in England.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Every time I think I'm drifting off there's another bloody explosion.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I need to ask you something.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Tomorrow.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I was told that you could have a word with the Sergeant Major to get me out of it.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50There's nothing I can do on that front.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52You know that it's not right.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57You were a volunteer, weren't you?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03You and your pals knew what you were signing up for.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05You knew it would be dirty work.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I didn't sign up to be part of a firing squad.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Henry.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Henry.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Henry! Come on, mate, let's go.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30We said we'd see this through.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Here, listen to this. Lord Derby.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36"There should be a Battalion of Pals,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39"a battalion in which friends from the same office
0:02:39 > 0:02:43"will fight shoulder to shoulder in the honour of Britain."
0:02:43 > 0:02:44That's us, that is, isn't it?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Pals Battalion.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Honour of Britain, pride of Manchester.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51So why are we still here and not at the recruiting office?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Fussy bollocks here wants to finish off his shift.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The war is not going to end in the next half an hour.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59If we don't go now I'm liable to start me own.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Right, yeah, thanks for finishing that off for me.- You're welcome.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Now can we please go and fight the shitting Germans?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14All right. Let's go fight the "shitting Germans".
0:03:16 > 0:03:19MUSIC: "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones
0:03:30 > 0:03:33# Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37# Every time she walks down the street
0:03:37 > 0:03:40# Another girl in the neighbourhood
0:03:40 > 0:03:44# Wish she was mine, she looks so good
0:03:44 > 0:03:47# I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
0:03:47 > 0:03:50# Get teenage kicks right through the night... #
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Liz.- All right, Paddy?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- What's that you've got on?- Like it?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Aye. It looks good on ya.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I don't wear it for fashion.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14You heading over there?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- I am.- It's dangerous.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18That's why they need nurses.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Heard you'd joined up.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Whole of Levenshulme's joined up.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Whole of Manchester's what I heard.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- What about your fella? Derek, isn't it?- Dennis.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29He can't go. He has a weak heart.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- They wouldn't let him in.- Did he try?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Would have been a waste of time.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38We should go for a drink. Celebrate.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40What's there to celebrate?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41We're going into battle,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44you're supposed to share a drink with your comrades, aren't you?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I've got a boyfriend.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Well, Donald can come too.- Dennis. - Yeah, him as well.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Listen, there's not going to be many lads left when we're gone, you know.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52You think about that?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Just your fella and all them lonely girls. Sobering thought.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It's comments like that remind me why I never liked you, Paddy Kennedy.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02You always liked me, Lizzie.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I'll see you in France. Au revoir!
0:05:05 > 0:05:09# Get teenage kicks right through the night. #
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Where are you going?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12If you can't help me, I'll say good night.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13I didn't say I couldn't help you.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Sit down.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Why did you join up?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32This was my war.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I wanted to be a part of it.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37And now you want to get out of it.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40I was sent here to kill Germans.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43No, you weren't.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46You were sent here to kill the enemy.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47I made an oath...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51..to the lads that I joined up with
0:05:51 > 0:05:53that I'd see this through with them till the end.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56And you are not the one who has broken that oath, Paddy.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59He is.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05THEY SCREAM
0:06:12 > 0:06:14SCREAMING CONTINUES
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Cease!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Did I say you could run?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25You walk!
0:06:26 > 0:06:33You walk so as not to trip on all the dead and dying Germans.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37If there are any left alive...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40..they will not see British soldiers...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45..they will see angels of death.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49You will release them from their earthly bodies...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53..and send them to Kraut's hell.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56You know what hell is to a German?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Bit strong, isn't he?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- But it is these fields... - Better them than us.- ..and these men
0:07:01 > 0:07:07tearing them apart over and over for all eternity.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30Hey, me dad wrote to me talking about how we haven't killed anyone yet.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Says we should remember what it feels like.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- What kind of talk is that? - I don't know.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Don't worry, Henry.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43In a month's time you'll be fighting off the grateful girls of
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Manchester with nowt but your cock and a victory medal.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Aye. Just storm a German Army first.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You heard what Mitchell said. There won't be anything left of them.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Exactly.- Ayup.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54- Ayup.- All right?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Package from Ma. Ciggies and chocolate.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Go on, then.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Bloody hell! Look at that.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Remind me not to piss about with your mum.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's from Grandad. Wanted you to have it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08That's all right, that.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09How're you keeping, Tom?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I'm all right. All the lads are raring to go, you know.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Yeah, yeah, same here.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17I'll see you afterwards.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Henry.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22You stick with me and Andy, all right?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You, me and Andy, we'll get through this together.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Just remember, you're not a clerk any more.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30You're Private Delaney of the Manchesters.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Yeah, all right.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Every soldier thinks about running away.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Two things stop them - loyalty and fear.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50HEAVY SHELLING
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- The first day of the Somme... - I don't want to talk about it.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The first day of the Somme.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56HEAVY SHELLING
0:08:56 > 0:08:57MAN SCREAMS
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Do you think you'd still be alive if
0:08:59 > 0:09:01the soldiers you had fought with that day had run away?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Come on!- Where's Andy?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Keep moving!
0:09:11 > 0:09:15You rescind the right to the protection of British soldiers
0:09:15 > 0:09:18when you flee the battlefield and leave them to fight without you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28I'm a Pal.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And we fight for the man next to us.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36If I think he might end up being the one to kill me
0:09:36 > 0:09:37then how can I trust him?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40How can he trust me?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43GUNFIRE STOPS
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Yeah! - THEY CHEER
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Yes! - BOTTLES CLINK
0:11:02 > 0:11:04CHATTERING
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Ooh, it's the missus.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Give over, we're just mates.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Her fanny needs YOU.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Piss off.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Liz.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Paddy!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Are you all right?- Aye.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42You went over today?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Piece of piss.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Where are you lot off to?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Everyone's being moved to the field hospitals down the line.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- How come? - Didn't say, just told us to hurry.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Well, I hope they've had as good a time of it as we have.- Yeah.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yeah, me too.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I wonder what your fella would say if he could see you now.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01He don't know what he's missing.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05He asked me to marry him, before I left.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08And you left him waiting on your answer?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I said yes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Well... Congratulations.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Thanks.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I'll see if I can end the war quicker for you then.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Get you back to your beloved.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You never change, Paddy.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Look after yourself, won't ya?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Today, Paddy...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16..I keep telling myself there wasn't any chance to fire.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20There was plenty, wasn't there?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I'm no soldier, Paddy, I shouldn't be here.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Henry!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33You stormed a German trench without even firing your rifle.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36You're the best bloody soldier in the British Army.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Pull yourself together, lad!
0:14:10 > 0:14:12WOODPECKER PECKS
0:14:14 > 0:14:15BIRDS CALL
0:14:49 > 0:14:50HEAVY BREATHING
0:14:59 > 0:15:01CLICK
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Contact!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02It's a sniper. Everybody stay down.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I need a man to break cover.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Bromwich, go!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Christ!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Did anybody see the shot?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Where the hell did that come from?
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Delaney.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Delaney, on my word.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29That's suicide, Sergeant.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- It's an order is what it is, Kennedy.- He won't make it!
0:16:32 > 0:16:34The sniper won't get chance to get a second shot off.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37He won't need a second shot. Henry, don't move.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39You better hope this fucking German kills me, Kennedy,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41because insubordination will not be...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- Christ!- Paddy!
0:16:56 > 0:16:58GUNSHOT FIRED
0:17:03 > 0:17:05GUNSHOT FIRED
0:17:05 > 0:17:06He's up there, Sergeant!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08He's up in the trees!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11GUNSHOTS FIRED
0:17:40 > 0:17:42He's the first of many.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Keep your eyes peeled
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Follow me.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15We're holding this position
0:18:15 > 0:18:20until 16th F Company can break through to support our advance.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Here, Andy. 16th F Company, that's your brother's lot, isn't it?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27You get to see him after all.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I don't want him anywhere near these woods.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I think this is a mistake.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It's just my opinion, Sergeant, but if we hold a line in these woods
0:18:42 > 0:18:45the enemy are just going to re-organise and come back for us.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47We need to keep advancing after 'em.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50They've already re-organised.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54A couple of other platoons have found that out to their cost.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Luckily for us your opinion holds about as much weight out here
0:18:57 > 0:18:59as my left bollock.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Sergeant.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Reports of a Scots regiment in the area.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32If you see anyone make sure you identify them as
0:19:32 > 0:19:34the enemy before you shoot.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36All right?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Any word on the 16th, Sergeant? - None.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Those Jocks better hope they don't come through here
0:19:48 > 0:19:50because I'm about to shoot anything that fucking moves.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Moon's high tonight.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Scots regiment wear soft caps, Germans will be in helmets.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58What's your point?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01If you see light reflecting off their helmet, shoot the bastard.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31GUNSHOT
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Germans! Shoot!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45MAN SCREAMS
0:20:49 > 0:20:51MAN SCREAMS
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Andy! Andy!
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Keep firing!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Is it true what they say about executions, Father?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Do they really put a blank in one of the rifles?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Yes.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Helps the lads in the squad. Clears the conscience.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Allows them all to think they were the one who fired it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36You'd know if you had.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39There's no recoil to a blank.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00"God uses sacrifice of lambs to show how sin hurts the innocent.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04"Then how does the sacrifice of Jesus hurt innocent?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- "How does God..."- Put that down.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10"How does God deal with the injustice of sin?"
0:22:11 > 0:22:13You got a lot of questions, Father.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15How is your faith?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Give it back to me.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20What kind of a chaplain questions the Bible anyway?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I'm not some Home Counties vicar, son.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Believe me when I tell you
0:22:23 > 0:22:26your war is going to get a lot more miserable if your mates found out
0:22:26 > 0:22:29you had your teeth kicked in by a chaplain. Now give me the Bible.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45I'm sorry.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I've been to church every Sunday since I was born.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I just don't understand how you can want me to do this.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I don't want you to do this.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05But it has to be done.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22It's not the artillery that keeps you awake at night, is it, Father?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Andy don't look good.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59He's fine.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02He's just a bit rattled is all.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Did you see what he did to that German lad?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06What do you expect him to do, Henry?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Invite him in for a brew?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I didn't thank you
0:24:15 > 0:24:18for all that business with Mitchell and the sniper.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Mitchell's a fool.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Sacrificing me for the greater good.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- That doesn't necessarily make him a fool. MAN:- Get yourself hid.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41GERMAN CHATTER
0:25:37 > 0:25:39We could have done them.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42This part of the wood is crawling with Germans.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Kill those four, we'd have a whole platoon on us.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Henry Delaney.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51William Hunt. 18th Manchesters.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Us too. Paddy Kennedy.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58What're you doing out here?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Looking for water.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Might be able to help with that.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Got separated from my unit about two days ago,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12joined up with 18th, South Lancs for a bit.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Heard my unit headed out last night, I'm on my way to find them now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20We're holding a spot, 'bout a quarter mile to the east.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I thought we were supposed to have cleared the woods by now.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27That was the plan. Turns out the Germans don't want to leave.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29They like it in here.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Here it is.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Jesus.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Ambush.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43The bodies haven't been searched,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46no-one wants to stay too long in one place.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49We could tell Mitchell we found F Company.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Any of these Andy's brother?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57A couple of these lads'll have canteens. Quickly.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11WATER SLOSHES
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Paddy, something happens...
0:27:25 > 0:27:27you'll give me a decent burial, won't ya?
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Yeah, of course.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Don't let me end up like these poor bastards.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36COUGHING
0:27:38 > 0:27:41All right, mate. All right, come on.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Come on, mate. Come on. All right. All right, brother.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Hey? Hey?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Come on, brother.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53You're all right.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Best be on your way, lads.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Good luck to you.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07You too.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Sergeant.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Found these on bodies from F Company.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24They were ambushed.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26We should move out.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Nobody wants to do that more than me,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31but I'm not leading my platoon anywhere on the say so
0:28:31 > 0:28:34of a jumped-up office boy.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38We hold and we wait for our orders. That's what we do.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40SHELLING IN DISTANCE
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Mate, we checked all the bodies. Your brother wasn't there.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49- Where do you think he is then? - I don't know.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52He probably got out the woods. That's what I'd do.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54He could still be in here somewhere, on his own. I have to find him.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57What you going to do? Wander through these woods in the dark?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Andy, we'll look for him when it gets light.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02We'll tell Mitchell that we're going on another water run,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04and we'll find him. All right?
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Just keep your head down tonight.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- Andy!- Andy!
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- Andy, get down!- Andy!
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Andy!- Get down!
0:29:37 > 0:29:40You're no good to anyone dead, you stupid bastard.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Paddy.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Shouldn't we be dead, Paddy?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38What would you do...
0:30:38 > 0:30:41if they found the man who killed your friend?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45What, some artillery man, miles back that's doing his job?
0:30:51 > 0:30:52- VOICE BREAKS:- I'd kick his f...
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I'd kick his fucking head in.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56You crave vengeance. You still want to win this war.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- Of course.- Just not like this.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05When everyone else is on their victory marches...
0:31:06 > 0:31:09..getting drinks bought for them down at the pub...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13..kisses off of all the grateful girls, getting called heroes.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17I'll know what I did.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I'll know that I killed a Pal.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25And this war, it won't ever end for me if I do this.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30There won't be a victory parade if the Germans win.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Forget what you read in the newspapers,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40they have more men than us and we're taking more casualties.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44We've got factory boys and butcher's apprentices and office clerks
0:31:44 > 0:31:47when we need soldiers.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51In those circumstances, forgive me, son,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53but your guilty conscience...
0:31:53 > 0:31:55it's just not that important.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11GUNSHOT
0:33:15 > 0:33:18SHOUTING
0:33:58 > 0:34:00I have to find my brother.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Why don't you ask them if they'll let you go, see what they say?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07GUNSHOTS
0:34:07 > 0:34:08MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
0:34:12 > 0:34:14MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
0:34:16 > 0:34:17MAN SPEAKS GERMAN
0:34:47 > 0:34:49MAN GIVES ORDERS IN GERMAN
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Say something in English or get your fucking face blown off.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Don't shoot.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21That'll do.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28The Germans have been pounding shells at us the last few days.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32We make up ground then we give it back to them.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Then we take it again. On it goes.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Who's turn is it to attack next?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Ours.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41You can join us.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I need to get back to the Manchesters.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47You're fighting with us now.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52We're all Pals in here, pal.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Stick it out for a few days,
0:36:57 > 0:37:01then if you're still alive you can go and find your mates,
0:37:01 > 0:37:03see if they can get you killed.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Here, take this.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09What is it?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11A thank you note.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13It's a chit, you wally.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15You make it back to your unit,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18they're going to be curious to know what you've been up to.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Yes, sir. Thank you.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23What happened to your lot anyway?
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Dead or missing.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Aye, well. Welcome to Trones Wood.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33I thought we were winning.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36No-one's winning.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09'Dear, Mum, just a line to let you know I am quite all right so far,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12'although not in very good spirits at the moment
0:38:12 > 0:38:13'as we can't get any cigarettes
0:38:13 > 0:38:17'and we're stuck in the trenches until further orders.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20'I have good men with me. Paddy and Andy are a great comfort,
0:38:20 > 0:38:22'though I miss home greatly.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27'I think of all of you often, with great affection
0:38:27 > 0:38:29'and not a little sadness.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34'Please send some Woodbines if you can,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37'and if something should happen to me...
0:38:37 > 0:38:40'you should have about £20 as I have been saving up me credits.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45'Give the little ones a kiss from me and a hug to Father.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48'And please reassure Mr Donnelly
0:38:48 > 0:38:51'that I have every intention to return to work as soon as
0:38:51 > 0:38:52'the job here is finished.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57'Your loving son, Henry.'
0:40:35 > 0:40:37CHATTERING
0:40:54 > 0:40:55You look like shit.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Yes, sir.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Welcome back.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Bloody hell.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27You made it, then.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Just kept running.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Where've you been?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Scotland. Any word on your brother?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Someone said they'd heard he got injured.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Reckon he might be at a clearing station down the road.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47He's alive, then?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49There's a chance.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28MAN SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:43:06 > 0:43:07Paddy?
0:43:19 > 0:43:20You're burning up.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Did they send you here?
0:43:22 > 0:43:23I came with Andy.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25- Is he injured?- He's fine.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Henry's dead.
0:43:31 > 0:43:32I'm sorry.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36We're looking for Andy's brother.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Tom? No, we don't have him.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41He might have been through this way.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I stopped checking the names after the first day.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- Someone else might know... - The first day?
0:43:46 > 0:43:47Of the offensive.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49What do you mean?
0:43:50 > 0:43:52You don't know, do you?
0:43:52 > 0:43:56They say 20,000 on the first day, twice that since.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58- Injured?- Dead.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Paddy.
0:44:02 > 0:44:08The Manchesters, the Liverpools, all the Pals...
0:44:08 > 0:44:10thousands of boys.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14- We won that battle. - Who told you that?- I saw it myself.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19We overran their trenches. They had to retreat.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Even in the woods we pushed them back in the end.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- We won that battle. - Then you're the only ones who did.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27I have to go.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31There's a spare bed in the back.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34If you need to lie down for a while...
0:44:34 > 0:44:37If there's an assault that you're supposed to be on,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39you could be here instead of there and no-one would question it.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42- I can't!- Why not, Paddy?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44What difference does it make, Paddy?
0:44:44 > 0:44:46You could stay here.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53They can't have all of you. They can't.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02The little bastard's alive.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Broke his leg in the woods.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05They shipped him home.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Ayup.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- Home.- Aye.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Good for him.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17We'd best get back.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Aye.
0:45:22 > 0:45:23Yeah.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Ta-ra.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Take care of yourself, Liz.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41It's our misfortune to have been witness to these times.
0:45:43 > 0:45:44But we're here now.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48So we have to see it through to the end.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51That is the honourable thing to do.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58In my heart I believe that the Somme campaign will be
0:45:58 > 0:46:00the precursor to an Allied victory.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03Just cos you win doesn't mean
0:46:03 > 0:46:05everything you've done has been right.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Of course it does.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17We are fighting for our futures,
0:46:17 > 0:46:20and if that means that we have to put boys like you
0:46:20 > 0:46:22in front of German guns
0:46:22 > 0:46:25or we have to send a message that deserters will be shot,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27then we do it.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29We do it and we win.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Inspection!
0:46:42 > 0:46:46Company. Company 'shun!
0:46:48 > 0:46:50What's going on?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52I don't know.
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Hunt.
0:47:19 > 0:47:221-9-5-7, Private William Hunt.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28You stand accused of deserting the field of battle,
0:47:28 > 0:47:31the charge of which you've been found guilty.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35There is no greater betrayal a soldier can inflict
0:47:35 > 0:47:37on his comrades or his country.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42You are hereby sentenced to death by firing squad.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44- It's a mistake, sir...- Quiet down.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47No, no! I was... I was trying to get back to my platoon!
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I was lost!
0:47:49 > 0:47:52You can't do this! No, you can't do it! I was lost!
0:47:52 > 0:47:55You made a mistake! Get off me! Get off me!
0:47:55 > 0:48:00Dawson, Matthews, Chilcott, Ganister, Kennedy.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05Company, fall out!
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Sir, I've met this man.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- I know he's telling the truth. He got cut off from his... - What's your evidence?
0:48:14 > 0:48:17He told me so, in the wood, sir, I saw him, sir...
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I got lost in those woods, Father.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22We all got lost in those woods.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24So don't sit there and pretend that you can't see that.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27- You got a chit. - A chit? It got given to me.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28I'd never have asked for it.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31What would you say if you were caught deserting?
0:48:32 > 0:48:35You'd say you got lost, wouldn't you?
0:48:35 > 0:48:37- What if it was true? - It doesn't matter if it was true.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46If you thought you could get out of this,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49if there was a loophole you could take,
0:48:49 > 0:48:50how many more men would try to flee?
0:48:52 > 0:48:54The British Army is made up of men
0:48:54 > 0:48:56who've been obliged to do unspeakable things.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59And if just one of those men was allowed to run from
0:48:59 > 0:49:02the battlefield without consequence, do you know what would happen?
0:49:04 > 0:49:07Manchester would be burning to the ground within a month.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12The enemy of victory is not desertion, Paddy.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18The enemy of victory is the possibility of desertion.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I'm sorry that you can't see things my way.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28But there is nothing that I can do to get you out of this.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Maybe you'll get the blank.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55You tell them to put a real bullet in my rifle tomorrow.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Cos if it's an order, it's an order.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01My conscience is clear.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13- MAN:- Left. Left. Left, right, left.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17Left. Left. Left, right, left.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21Left. Left. Squad, halt!
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Right turn.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Take up arms.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Thy kingdom come.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses...
0:51:13 > 0:51:16..as we forgive those who trespass against us.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
0:51:23 > 0:51:29For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever.
0:51:29 > 0:51:30Amen.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Take aim!
0:51:44 > 0:51:46Fire!
0:52:39 > 0:52:40SHELLING
0:53:01 > 0:53:02Paddy.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06Paddy!
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Paddy!
0:53:15 > 0:53:17BOMBS EXPLODE
0:53:32 > 0:53:34THEY SCREAM
0:54:28 > 0:54:30HE WHIMPERS
0:54:30 > 0:54:31Hey!
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Hey!
0:54:33 > 0:54:34I can't do it. I can't do it.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- You can't stay here. - We have to go back!
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Hey, if you go back you'll die.
0:54:40 > 0:54:41If you stay here you'll die.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45Head towards the guns, and hold your rifle. Don't stop moving.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Kill any man that tries to stop you.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50No-one's coming to rescue you, son.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53So stay on your fucking feet and fight for your life.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00We were the 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
0:56:00 > 0:56:05and the comradeship was marvellous.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Every man knew the men alongside of him
0:56:08 > 0:56:11because they came from the same warehouse.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16And you could rely upon them.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23We rode into this war on horses.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26We'll ride out of it on tanks
0:56:30 > 0:56:32Why won't you just bloody die?!
0:56:34 > 0:56:36This is the route we take to get back.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Welcome to the future.