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WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig(2012)

DocumentaryWar & Politics
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First Air Date: 2012-11-08
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2

Two-part documentary following World War I's biggest archaeological dig, taking place at Messines in Belgium, uncovering some of the best-preserved trenches, bunkers and tunnels ever discovered on the Western Front and revealing the realities of trench warfare, a Christmas football match and poison gas.

Top Cast

Alexandra Churchill
Alexandra Churchill
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Peter Doyle
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Paul Reed
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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 2
E01
The Killing Fields

Air Date: 2012-11-08

45m

No episode overview available.

E02
Earthquaking the Ridge

Air Date: 2012-11-15

45m

How the stalemate of trench warfare was broken in 1917.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
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