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One Month in Summer
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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.
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Thu 6 Mar 2014
21:00
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'Austria needs to be loved'
Duration: 01:46
TV Blog: Changing my perspective of WWI
"There can be incredible drama and tension in political conversation"
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Sir Edward Grey | Ian McDiarmid |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Rainer Sellien |
| Eyre Crowe | Nicholas Farrell |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | Tim Pigott-Smith |
| Margot Asquith | Sinead Cusack |
| Lord Morley | Bill Paterson |
| John Burns | Kenneth Cranham |
| Bethmann-Hollweg | Ludger Pistor |
| Helmuth Moltke | Bernhard Schutz |
| David Lloyd George | Mark Lewis Jones |
| Director | Justin Hardy |
| Producer | Lucy Bassnett-McGuire |
| Producer | Susan Horth |
| Writer | Mark Hayhurst |
Broadcast
- Thu 6 Mar 2014 21:00
Commemorating the centenary of World War I
New perspectives on the war that changed everything.