37 Days

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping miniseries set among the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

• Justin HardyDirector
• Mark HayhurstWriter
• Andrew Simon McAllisterOriginal Music Composer

• Bernhard SchützHelmuth Moltke
• Mark Lewis JonesDavid Lloyd George
• Nicholas AsburyWinston Churchill
• Urs RemondPrince Lichnowsky
• Oliver Ford DaviesCunliffe
• Ian BeattieTsar Nicholas II
• Rainer SellienKaiser Wilhelm
• Ian McDiarmidSir Edward Grey
• Kenneth CranhamJohn Burns
• Tim Pigott-SmithHerbert Henry Asquith
• Sinéad CusackMargot Asquith
• Bill PatersonLord Morley