First episode date 9 November 2008 | Network Channel 4 | |
 | ||
Similar World War 1 in Colour, The Great War, The First World War, Britain's Great War, Cutting Edge | ||
The Last Voices of World War 1 was a six-part series screened on The History Channel in the UK from Sunday 9 November 2008 to Sunday 14 December 2008 with a repeat during the week. Its initial episode was screened on Remembrance Sunday 2008. The series was made by Testimony Films.
The show featured interviews shot by Steve Humphries and Richard van Emden in the early 1990s with many of the then surviving veterans who were, at that stage, well into their 90s. All of these veterans have subsequently died.
Harry Patch appeared in episodes 4 and 6, Henry Allingham appeared in episode 4.
The series was narrated by the actress Nimmy March.
The series was screened by Channel 4 in the UK daily from 2 November 2009.
The music for this series is called "Passage of Time" and was written by Terry Devine-King.