37 Days

37 Days

NR20141h 0m7.4/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.4/10(19)

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping miniseries set among the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

Production

Hardy Pictures, BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 6, 2014

Last Aired

March 8, 2014

Networks

BBC Two

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
One Month in Summer
E1
One Month in Summer
Air date: 2014-03-06
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.
One Week in July
E2
One Week in July
Air date: 2014-03-07
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?
E3
One Long Weekend
Air date: 2014-03-08
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

Bernhard Schütz

Bernhard Schütz

Helmuth Moltke

Mark Lewis Jones

Mark Lewis Jones

David Lloyd George

Nicholas Asbury

Nicholas Asbury

Winston Churchill

Urs Remond

Urs Remond

Prince Lichnowsky

Oliver Ford Davies

Oliver Ford Davies

Cunliffe

Ian Beattie

Ian Beattie

Tsar Nicholas II

Rainer Sellien

Rainer Sellien

Kaiser Wilhelm

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid

Sir Edward Grey

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

John Burns

Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith

Herbert Henry Asquith

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

Margot Asquith

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Lord Morley

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Eyre Crowe

Ludger Pistor

Ludger Pistor

Bethmann-Hollweg

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