Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
3 episodes
E01
One Month in Summer
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.
E02
One Week in July
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?
E03
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?
Cast
Ian McDiarmid
as Sir Edward Grey
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Herbert Henry Asquith
Nicholas Asbury
as Winston Churchill
Mark Lewis Jones
as David Lloyd George
Bill Paterson
as Lord Morley
Kenneth Cranham
as John Burns
Ludger Pistor
as Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Urs Remond
as Prince Karl Max Furst von Lichnowsky
Sinéad Cusack
as Margot Asquith
Rainer Sellien
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
