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Prime Presents - War News

Season 1 2014
TV-PG

  • 2014-06-22T08:30:00Z on Prime (NZ)
  • 45m
  • 3h 45m (5 episodes)
  • New Zealand
  • Documentary
Imagine reporting on World War One from the front–lines. War News does that in a gripping new five–part series that tells the story of New Zealand’s role in the conflict in a ground–breaking way. Field correspondents Jack Crawford (Jason Whyte) and Paul Jameson (Richard Dey) report from major battles at Gallipoli, northern France and Belgium, while Joe Stevens (Paul Yates) weighs in from the Middle East. Meanwhile in New Zealand, anchor Ray Harkness (Mark Mitchinson) and in–studio war expert Robyn (Nathalie Boltt) analyse field strategies, examine changes in New Zealand culture, and bring experts in to debate aspects of the war. This is a genre–bending, thought–provoking series that all New Zealanders should watch, preview screeners are available if you’re interested to see how this amazing programme tells the story of New Zealand’s role in World War One in a ground–breaking way.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-06-22T08:30:00Z

1x01 STEALTH AND CUNNING: THE GALLIPOLI EVACUATION

Series Premiere

1x01 STEALTH AND CUNNING: THE GALLIPOLI EVACUATION

  • 2014-06-22T08:30:00Z45m

Imagine reporting on World War One from the front-lines. War News tells the story of New Zealand's role in the conflict by bringing modern technology to the battlefields

Tonight's second War News bulletin delves into the case of a Kiwi soldier refusing to fight; is it cowardice or shellshock?

Knee-deep in a sea of mud awaiting “zero hour”, reporter Jack Crawford joins Kiwi troops on the Passchendaele front line. This War News bulletin also explores the secrets of the Arras Tunnels.

1x04 ANZAC SHAME: THE SURAFEND MASSACRE

  • 2014-07-13T08:30:00Z45m

In this week’s episode of War News, correspondent Joe Stevens (Paul Yates) reports on a dark and relatively unknown chapter in New Zealand’s military history, one that has left a stain on the Anzac name: the slaughter by Anzac troops of civilians in the Arab village of Surafend.

The stunning and courageous liberation by New Zealand troops of a small French town at the end of WWI is at the heart of the final episode of War News. Correspondents Jack Crawford (Jason Whyte) and Paul Jameson (Richard Dey) are with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade as it attempts to liberate the German-held town of Le Quesnoy using a single ladder.

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