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In this episode, we walk the battlefield of the first German gas attack in April 1915.  We begin by surveying the battlefield from a German observation post at the Totemuhle or "Death Mill" and then visiting Vancouver Corner, the site of the magnificent Brooding Soldier Memorial.  We hear the story of two women caught up in the gas attack and how a gardening chemist discovered that a common garden pest was, in fact, nature's greatest anti-gas device.  Our visit to the vast cemetery at Langemarck concludes with the story of a British airman who lost his life to one of the German airforce's greatest aces. 

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In this episode, we look at the lives of two soldiers from New Zealand, whose exceptional acts of bravery on the Somme saw them awarded the Victoria Cross.  The exploits of one of these men, Dick Travis, in No Mans Land made him a legend amongst the officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and earned him the sobriquet "The King of No Mans Land".

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In our 5th episode, we have come back to Belgium and walk through Essex Farm cemetery near Ypres.  It's a cemetery full of stories, including the division that withstood the first use of a terrifying new weapon of war; a Black Country man who joined the Army to escape poverty and single-handedly saved the lives of his entire company, winning a VC in the process.  We hear about a disastrous excursion into No Mans Land; one of, if not the youngest soldier to die in combat, and how the death of a friend prompted a Canadian doctor to write the most famous poem of the entire Great War. 

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In this episode, we take our first trip to the Gallipoli peninsula where we hear about an unlikely hero whose exploits have entered into Australian folklore.  The immigrant son of a Tyneside seaman, John Simpson Kirkpatrick was an immensely popular figure amongst the Australian troops, and his courage and bravery under fire became the stuff of legend.  In just 24 days, the man with the donkey entered into the annals of Australian history, where he remains revered to this day. 

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For a period of two months between July and September 1916, the British and Germans fought bitterly for control of High Wood, which dominated the Bazentin ridge on the Somme.  Described as being 75 acres of hell by an officer who served there, the wood claimed thousands of lives, and the career of one Corps Commander sacked for wanton waste of life. 

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In this second episode, we head into France and look at the first British offensive of the Great War, the battle of Neuve Chapelle.  A story of initial success, tempered by a lack of artillery ammunition and poor communications, the three-day offensive cost 12,000 lives for little material gain. 

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In this first episode, we visit Oxford Road cemetery near Ypres and hear about Clement Robinson, the first man from the tank corps to be awarded the VC and a man whose passing was described as being the greatest loss to English cricket since the death of WG Grace.