Two-part documentary following World War I's biggest archaeological dig, taking place at Messines in Belgium, uncovering some of the best-preserved trenches, bunkers and tunnels ever discovered on the Western Front and revealing the realities of trench warfare, a Christmas football match and poison gas.
Episodes
Cast
Season 1
1. The Killing Fields
45min
8th Nov 2012
2. Earthquaking the Ridge
45min
15th Nov 2012
How the stalemate of trench warfare was broken in 1917.