Our World War (bbc 3)

A lot to recommend this series, based on the two episodes I've seen:
- Good acting / casting
- use of single-camera technique puts you in the action
- infra-red arial view effects give a good overview of battles.
- obviously well-researched from personal accounts, and stitched together with actual footage and stills.
- the sheer f'ck-uppery of the situation and fear of the participants conveyed excellently.

Unfortunately marred by:
- Unexplained dream-type sequences (if someone wrote of these in their account, then explain it to us)
- Absolutely carp music soundtrack, apropos of nothing to do with the period.  (Third-rate artist friend of producer persuaded to do it for the "exposure"  NAP.)
- and (horror of horrors) strident introduction by young posh bird telling us that this episode recounts the battle of "Ah-means")

First World War was unreal -- not just for the horror and brutality but also for things like rotation in and out of front lines -- when rotated out, soldiers could explore French cafes and brothels (many lost their virginity in France) and even come home to Britain for a week or two.