According to multiple major media reports, each of the ten episodes opens with excerpts from interviews with survivors. The cast includes notable actors such as Tom Hardy, David Schwimmer, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, and Mathew Settle. One anonymous Rotten Tomatoes user wrote: "Finished this series for the first time about a week ago, and it's hands down one of the best series I've seen! I love basically anything to do with WW1 and WW2, and being a series, it can get into a lot more than a movie can. Classic!"
The series won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and is often cited as one of the greatest shows of all time. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, viewers have described it as a 'masterpiece' and 'beautifully done', with one fan calling it their "favourite series of all time". Another anonymous fan told the Daily Express that the series is "one of the best series of all time, hands down" and praised it as a "True Masterpiece." The exact number of survivor interview excerpts has not been disclosed, and the series first premiered in 2001, though the specific date is not widely cited.
Finished this series for the first time about a week ago, and it's hands down one of the best series I've seen! I love basically anything to do with WW1 and WW2, and being a series, it can get into a lot more than a movie can. Classic!
Beautifully done. Truly one of the greatest miniseries ever made.
My favourite series of all time. Tastefully done and expertly created, based on the accounts given by the WW2 veterans themselves.
one of the best series of all time, hands down
So great from everyone's acting to how each episode is shot to even having some stories of the real soldiers sprinkled in...True Masterpiece.