37 Days

This nail-biting political thriller tracks the 37 days leading up to Britain's WWI declaration of war on Germany. 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 mini-series set amongst 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 it's inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.