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The Passing Bells

2014 · 1 season

A somber, intimate chronicle of youth swallowed by war, moving between two ordinary lives as hope erodes into shared grief.

Created by
Tony Jordan
Genres
Drama, War & politics
Starring
Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Felix Auer
Tagline
Shared hopes. Shared sorrows.
Overview
At the outbreak of World War I, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.

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Created by
Tony Jordan
Genres
Drama, War & politics
Starring
Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Felix Auer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • death
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, war & politics
Created by
Tony Jordan
Written by
Tony Jordan
Starring
Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Felix Auer, Adam Long, Wilf Scolding, Charles Furness, Johnny Gibbon, Sabrina Bartlett
Music
John Lunn
Cinematography
Tomasz Naumiuk, Jacek Petrycki
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom, Poland
Languages
German, English

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