Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

MartinHafer World War One was perhaps the most god-awful war to have fought in and although more documentaries and films have been made about the Second World War, the First killed off far more soldiers....leaving almost an entire generation of men gone or physically and emotionally damaged. "Our World War" is a show that finally gives the attention this hellish war deserves. However, it's NOT a traditional documentary consisting of grainy old footage. Instead, the BBC recreated select battles based on the notes and letters of enlisted men. It's brilliantly made and the BBC spare little expense to get the British soldier's experience right.By the way, I do NOT recommend this great series to everyone. It's bloody, awful to watch at times and it's not a bad idea to have some Kleenex handy. This is because you get to know and like the men...and then, much of the time, then see them die before your very eyes in very vivid ways. If you've had PTSD, do not watch the show. If you have kids, do NOT let them watch the show. And, as for yourself...think twice about watching because the show is so well made, it's also horrid to watch.

E Wright I enjoyed the series as entertainment but became too irritated by the historical inaccuracy. Not so much of the war itself but of the social relationships between the officers and their men. In episode one they portray the Australian officer as a bolshie individualist - some of his men might have been - but Australian officers were schooled in exactly the same way as their English counterparts and had attitudes to match. There is no way that officers would have taken the lip offered by their men as shown in the series. Such men would have been tied to artillery wheels for their impertinence. Nurses were given the rank of lieutenant and would not have fraternized openly with other-ranks - although there would have been some secretive liaisons behind the matron's back for sure. Capital punishment courts martial was a formal procedure and not awarded in the field as portrayed in episode 2. The Northern Irish army chaplain would not have taken kindly to being addressed in the manner of a Catholic Priest. Not on the Somme. And as a major he would not have accepted back-chat from a private either. *As a small side note on this, the Ulster volunteer contingent had actually named a part of the front line the Pope's Nose, so as to encourage themselves in the assault.And the private with the Mohican helmet? in 1916? are you serious? He would have been up on a charge for not wearing his regulation helmet straight.As for the Germans marching towards the bridge in formation order. Argghh. I can understand them being ambushed whilst on the march - and I think this is what actually happened - they were caught in a railway cutting or such like. So no. Not brilliant. Entertaining, yes. Maybe even a little sinister if it is insinuating lost values.

billgrasha I wasn't surprised when this suffered from what I have come to call British sound, with several bits at unintelligible levels. What made me stop watching was the heavy metal music. Seriously, rock (bad rock, at that) in a period piece/historical drama? And then the Go Cam hooked to the courier for running selfies that made viewing an annoying experience. I thought I had flashed back to the old Invisible Man TV series. And then there was the absurd shooting practice scene where the machine gun crew couldn't hit a large stationary can, but the infantry squad all seemed to be distant relatives of the Sundance Kid. They all seemed to hit the target while it was sailing through the air.

raypekin-160-328265 I watched this show with anticipation & in the end, I found that it was absolutely brilliant. Not only is the production great, the acting superb, the story line, which are taken from actual diaries & stories of the soldiers in World War I. I found this show to be honest in it's reflection to the soldiers in the Great War. It must have been horrifying for the men & women who in the beginning thought it was to be an adventure. I highly recommend this series for all adults to see. Having said that, I would not let children watch this show as the special effects are graphic but well done. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series.