BATTLEFIELDS OF THE WESTERN FRONT

The series shows what happened on the battlefields which have taken the heaviest toll in Australian and New Zealand life, the First World War battlefields of the Western Front. 

The places have changed very little – the grass has grown back, trees have been planted, perhaps a road where before there was none but no cities have been built on these landscapes.  It is still possible to stand and imagine what the Diggers went through.  The tactics, the deployment, the plans of battle but also what actually happened, moment-by-moment, as battle unfolded, to individuals we can name and get to know.

This combination of computer-generated effects, explanation and illustration at the actual locations creates compelling programs.