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Based on letters and journals, many of which have never been published before, this programme tells the story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it.

Air ais anns a' chiad leth dhen bhliadhna 1914, b' ann tro leabhraichean na sgoile neo ann am p脿ipearan-naidheachd a bu mhotha a bha sluagh ag ionnsachadh mu chogaidhean. Ach, nuair a chaidh oighre r矛oghail Na h-Ostair a mhurt ann an Sarajevo meadhan na bliadhna sin, sgap an cogadh fad is farsaing agus dh'fh脿s iad uile mion-e貌lach air an uabhas a bha na chois. Am measg nan sgeulachdan sa phr貌gram seo tha cuid bho bhanaltram-taiceil Albannach a dh'fhalbh dhan Bheilg leis an Arm Bhreatannach mar ph脿irt do dh'onair n脿iseanta; nighean Chossagach a lean a h-athair dhan bhl脿r; m脿thair Ghearmailteach a dh'fhulang bristeadh-cridhe b脿s a mic; balach-sgoile Frangach a chunnaic a dh霉thaich fo smachd nan Gearmailteach; nighean-sgoile Ghearmailteach nach robh math facal Fraingis a chleachdadh sa chlas; agus bho fhear-naidheachd 貌g a bh' air a sh脿rachadh air s脿illeabh aois. Tha leabhraichean-latha gach fear agus t猫 dhiubh seo a' l矛bhrigeadh c霉isean gu f矛rinneach tron e貌las fh猫in, rud nach eil tric ann an t霉san eachdraidheil, le sgeulachdan cumhachdach l脿n faireachdainnean mu chall pearsanta, gaol, toileachas, cr脿dh agus trom mhulad.

Mar sin, tro dhr脿ma dhl霉th-aithriseach chumhachdach, tha an luchd-amhairc a' faighinn sealladh dhen chogadh as br霉ideile a chunnaiceas riamh, tro bheachdan agus sh霉ilean nan truaghan a bha na mheasg neo na ph脿irt dheth. Tha Leabhraichean-latha a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir a' taisbeanadh f猫in-fhiosrachadh mic-an-duine eadar 1914-1918, gun ghuth air m矛neachaidhean neo sgr霉dadh
eachdraidheil.

Based on letters and journals, many of which have never been published before, Great War Diaries tells the story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it.

In 1914, most people's knowledge of war comes from schoolbooks and newspapers. But when the heir to the Austrian throne is killed in Sarajevo, the system of alliances runs its inevitable course. Featuring the stories of a Scottish auxiliary nurse who accompanies the British army to Belgium as a matter of national honour, a young Cossack girl who follows her father into battle, a German mother who endures the untimely death of her only son, a French schoolboy who witnesses his country under occupation, a German schoolgirl who is forbidden to use French words in class and an English journalist whose age is held against him. Their diaries focus on what archive and historical analysis cannot reveal - personal tragedy, love, happiness, pain and grief.

Through glorious dramatic reconstruction, viewers experience the greatest war mankind had ever seen from the perspective of what it was like from within. Great War Diaries reveals the simple human experience of 1914-18, unsullied by historical interpretation.

59 minutes

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Wed 20 Nov 2019 23:00

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