The Great Martian War 1913–1917
Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913–1917. Europe was on tenterhooks in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, everyone was expecting a Great War between the major European powers. But then, in 1913, something crashed into the forests of SW Germany. Troops were sent to investigate but were wiped out. Martian fighting machines began making their way across Western Europe and the countries of Europe combined forces to resist them. With aspects taken from ‘The War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells and from WWI itself, this dramatisation presents a documentary style look at events as they unfolded and the effect they had of our world today. Lots of references to real events including the mass attacks and defeats as men were thrown against machines on the Western front, the Christmas truce and the Angel of Mons, America's isolationism and late entry into the conflict, the worldwide Spanish flu epidemic that killed more people than the war, and many other things.
Cast
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Mark Strong
Played Narrator (voice)
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Joan Gregson
Played Nerys Vaughan
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Briony Glassco
Played Alexandra Banham
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Jock McLeod
Played Jock Donnelly
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Ian Downie
Played Hughie Logan
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Thomas Gough
Played Duncan Mitchell-Myer…
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Hazel Douglas
Played Alice Hale
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Ashley Bomberry
Played Kim Lafonde
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Daniel Matmor
Played Lawrence Hart
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Walter Stegmayer
Played Arnold Tockelz
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Howard Jerome
Played Howard Klee
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Ross Walton
Played Additional Voices (v…
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Gyuri Sarossy
Played Additional Voices (v…
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