Last Voices of World War 1

Documentary-maker Steve Humphries explores the suffering felt by the relatives left at home during the conflict, and how families changed after the arrival of the dreaded telegram

Documentary-maker Steve Humphries explores the spring of 1918, when tens of thousands of 18-year-old British conscripts were sent to France to make up the numbers. Many were taken prisoner as the German advance continued, but by the summer the tide had begun to turn