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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.

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Phil Cornwell

    Harry Noakes

  2. Cast 1

    Simon Russell Beale

    Winston Churchill

  3. Cast 1

    Timothy Dalton

    Narrator

  4. Cast 1

    Ricci Harnett

    Guardsman Desmond Thorogood

  5. Cast 1

    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Lt Jimmy Langley

Last Season

Poster

Season 1

2004 | 3 episodes

season 1 of Dunkirk premiered on Feb 18, 2004.

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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...

Facts

Status Ended

Network Network

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish 

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