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Dunkirk

Name: Dunkirk
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2004-02-18
Rating: 6.438

★ 6,4 /10 (24 Votes)

2004 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.

Stream

Buy

First air date

18/02/2004

Votes

Popularity

2.1

Genres

Documentary Drama

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Networks

BBC One

Language

Last air date

2004-03-03

Episodes

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk

Phil Cornwell

Harry Noakes

Simon Russell Beale

Winston Churchill

Timothy Dalton

Narrator

Ricci Harnett

Guardsman Desmond Thorogood

Benedict Cumberbatch

Lt Jimmy Langley

Original Soundtrack

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This is a docudrama that requires both an interest and prior detailed knowledge regarding this historic event. As a Strategic Planner by trade, I found the logistical actions primarily directed by Royal Navy staff officer, Captain Tennant, who on May 26th was dispatched on board the destroyer HMS Wolfhound to Dunkirk to aid in the evacuation of more than 330,000 British and French troops left stranded when France fell to the Nazis, [official account] fascinating. My wife found it sad, upsetting, and tragic. Not something that everyone will appreciate. Knowing the story and admiring the logisti…

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