WW1 Drama: The Crimson Field BBC1 Sunday 6th April 9pm

[maureenho]

WW1 Drama: The Crimson Field BBC1 Sunday 6th April 9pm
Episode 1 of 6
Duration: 1 hour
Three volunteers face a baptism of fire as they arrive at a hospital in war torn France.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tly0c

[annie]

this looks good

[Misspears]

New drama for BBC One
The Crimson Field
The Crimson Field
Date: 14.03.2014Last updated: 14.03.2014 at 18.02
Category: Drama

Sarah Phelps's gripping new drama presents one of the Great War’s untold stories. In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.

The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front, but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions and a new way of thinking.

In the first episode, Kitty Trevelyan tries to put the troubles of her past behind her as she joins two other girls, Flora Marshall and Rosalie Berwick, to volunteer at one of the busiest war hospitals in Northern France.

For the hospital workers, it’s a daily battle to patch the men up and keep the war machine churning. Staff numbers are low and the volunteers are desperately needed, yet there are some who see these women as more of a threat than a lifeline.

It’s not just the girls who are causing a stir. One particular patient is facing certain death but resisting it with all the strength he can muster. Alongside him lies the shell-shocked form of Lance Corporal Prentiss. He may be physically unmarked but this war has damaged him badly, and the staff are at a loss as to how to treat him.

As the three volunteer nurses settle into their first day, it soon becomes clear that no training could ever have prepared them for the reality of working near the Front Line. Before the day draws to an end, the hospital sees the arrival of Sister Joan Livesey, but it remains to be seen whether her modern approach will be welcomed...

[maureenho]

I posted about the crimson field a week ago, I am looking forward to it.

http://chill4us.com/index.php/topic,46986.0.html

[wendy]

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[Honey]

tha22222
I am looking forward to it too.
x

[maureenho]

I thought this was brilliant tonight, it really opens your eyes to what it was like in a field hospital during WW1.

[Honey]

didn't get the chance to watch it but I am hoping to catch up sometime on I player.
glad you enjoyed it.

[annie]

I have recorded it

[Bernie]

Was great, can't wait for next weeks episode, love Berniexxx