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One Long Weekend
The last hours of peace. With the continental powers pushed to the brink, Sir Edward Grey seems unsure of whether to keep Britain out of the conflict. Desperate negotiations, resignations and a battle of wills in the Cabinet reach a crescendo with Germany's ultimatum to Belgium. Which way will Britain go?
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Release Date:
Thu, Mar 06, 2014
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Bernhard Schütz
Helmuth Moltke
Mark Lewis Jones
David Lloyd George
Nicholas Asbury
Winston Churchill
Urs Remond
Prince Lichnowsky
Oliver Ford Davies
Cunliffe
Ian Beattie
Tsar Nicholas II
Rainer Sellien
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ian McDiarmid
Sir Edward Grey
Kenneth Cranham
John Burns
Tim Pigott-Smith
Herbert Henry Asquith
Sinéad Cusack
Margot Asquith
Bill Paterson
Lord Morley
Nicholas Farrell
Eyre Crowe
Ludger Pistor
Bethmann-Hollweg
Season 1:
The British Foreign Office, led by foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey, receives news of an assassination in the Balkans. In Berlin, the kaiser thinks he can exploit it for his own advantage.
War in Europe is becoming a real possibility. Under pressure from the cabinet, the British foreign secretary unravels a tangled web of intrigue between Austria, Germany, Russia and France, while the German military command conspires to force the Kaiser's hand. Who will gain the upper hand?
The last hours of peace. With the continental powers pushed to the brink, Sir Edward Grey seems unsure of whether to keep Britain out of the conflict. Desperate negotiations, resignations and a battle of wills in the Cabinet reach a crescendo with Germany's ultimatum to Belgium. Which way will Britain go?
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