fbpx
Wikipedia

37 Days (TV series)

December 01, 2023

37 Days is a British drama miniseries that was first broadcast on BBC Two from 6 to 8 March 2014. The three-part miniseries covers the 37 days before World War I, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 to the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany on 4 August 1914.[1]

37 Days
GenreDrama
Written byMark Hayhurst
Directed byJustin Hardy
ComposerAndrew Simon McAllister
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Producers
  • Mark Hayhurst
  • Lucy Bassnett-McGuire
  • Susan Horth
CinematographyDouglas Hartington
EditorAdam Green
Running time177 minutes
Production companyHardy Pictures
Original release
Network
Release6 March (2014-03-06) –
8 March 2014 (2014-03-08)

Cast edit

[[File:37 Days Cast.jpg|thumb|right|Cast of 37 Days — the senior members of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom/73eqa

Production edit

The series was shot entirely in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[2] It is part of the BBC World War I centenary season and was first announced by Janice Hadlow, the controller of BBC Two, on 22 August 2013.[3] The series seeks to quash assumptions about the war's inevitability, such as the Sarajevo shooting making the war inevitable.[4][5]

Writer and producers Mark Hayhurst and Sue Horth compiled a 175-page book tracing "every conference, every telephone call, private letter and telegram swirling around Europe" before writing the script.[6]

Episode list edit

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [7]
1"One Month in Summer"Justin HardyMark Hayhurst6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)2.89
2"One Week in July"Justin HardyMark Hayhurst7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)2.14
3"One Long Weekend"Justin HardyMark Hayhurst8 March 2014 (2014-03-08)1.84

Reception edit

The series was positively reviewed by critics.

In a four-star review for The Times, Andrew Billen called the series "a clear and often brilliant dramatisation" and praised McDiarmid's portrayal of Grey as "surely one of the actor's greatest performances" though he found "the humour becomes slightly broader" in the scenes set in Berlin and Vienna and that the subplot of the two clerks "rather peters out".[8]

In a four of five-star review for The Telegraph, Christopher Howse found the series "enthralling" but was distracted by the use of the Belfast City Hall as a location for Whitehall.[9]

Andrew Anthony of The Guardian called the series a "meticulous rendering" and "impressively wordy and careful imagining" free of "romantic digressions or fictional appeals to sentiment", with a "strong performance" by McDiarmid; he also found the drama "rigid and simplistic" with "dubious stereotypes and an excess of rhetorical dialogue".[10]

In The Independent, Ellen Jones wrote the series' "masterstroke" was "to reframe this history textbook timeline as a subtle character study", praising its "terrifically well written" dialogue.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Drama". BBC. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ^ . Northern Ireland Screen. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Janice Hadlow announces raft of new BBC Two and BBC Four commissions". BBC. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ Jackson, James (22 August 2013). "BBC serial 37 Days to overturn assumptions about First World War". The Times. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ^ Burrell, Ian (13 October 2013). "WW1 beyond the mud and trenches: BBC's plans for the centenary of World War One". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ^ "37 Days: Changing my perspective of WWI". BBC. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  7. ^ "BARB Top 30s".
  8. ^ Billen, Andrew. "TV Review: 37 Days". The Times. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  9. ^ Howse, Christopher (6 March 2014). "37 Days, BBC Two, review". Telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  10. ^ Anthony, Andrew (8 March 2014). "37 Days; Line of Duty; Mind the Gap: London vs the Rest – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  11. ^ Jones, Ellen E. (6 March 2014). "37 Days, TV review: A political thriller that grippingly uncovers the countdown to war". The Independent. from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links edit

December 01, 2023
days, series, days, british, drama, miniseries, that, first, broadcast, from, march, 2014, three, part, miniseries, covers, days, before, world, from, assassination, archduke, franz, ferdinand, austria, june, 1914, united, kingdom, declaring, germany, august, . 37 Days is a British drama miniseries that was first broadcast on BBC Two from 6 to 8 March 2014 The three part miniseries covers the 37 days before World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 to the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany on 4 August 1914 1 37 DaysGenreDramaWritten byMark HayhurstDirected byJustin HardyComposerAndrew Simon McAllisterCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series1No of episodes3ProductionProducersMark Hayhurst Lucy Bassnett McGuire Susan HorthCinematographyDouglas HartingtonEditorAdam GreenRunning time177 minutesProduction companyHardy PicturesOriginal releaseNetworkBBC Two BBC Two HDRelease6 March 2014 03 06 8 March 2014 2014 03 08 Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 3 Episode list 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksCast edit File 37 Days Cast jpg thumb right Cast of 37 Days the senior members of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom 73eqa Ian McDiarmid as Edward Grey Nicholas Farrell as Eyre Crowe Tim Pigott Smith as Herbert Henry Asquith Sinead Cusack as Margot Asquith Bill Paterson as Lord Morley Kenneth Cranham as John Burns Ludger Pistor as Bethmann Hollweg Rainer Sellien as Kaiser Wilhelm II Bernhard Schutz as Helmuth Moltke Mark Lewis Jones as David Lloyd George Nicholas Asbury as Winston Churchill Urs Remond as Prince Lichnowsky James McArdle as Alec Andre Kaczmarczyk as Jens Holger Kunkel as Falkenhayn Stephan Szasz as Jagow Kate Ambler as Muriel Francois Eric Gendron as Paul Cambon Niall Cusack as Benckendorff George Lenz as Mensdorff Chris Kelly as Gavrilo Princip Oliver Ford Davies as Cunliffe Patrick Fitzsymons as King George V Ian Beattie as Tsar Nicholas II Simon Coury as Franz Ferdinand Rainer Reiners as Von Below Gordon Fulton as Sukhomlinov Mary Moulds as Sophie Chotek Christopher Leveaux as Lieutenant FeldmannProduction editThe series was shot entirely in Belfast Northern Ireland 2 It is part of the BBC World War I centenary season and was first announced by Janice Hadlow the controller of BBC Two on 22 August 2013 3 The series seeks to quash assumptions about the war s inevitability such as the Sarajevo shooting making the war inevitable 4 5 Writer and producers Mark Hayhurst and Sue Horth compiled a 175 page book tracing every conference every telephone call private letter and telegram swirling around Europe before writing the script 6 Episode list editNo TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers millions 7 1 One Month in Summer Justin HardyMark Hayhurst6 March 2014 2014 03 06 2 892 One Week in July Justin HardyMark Hayhurst7 March 2014 2014 03 07 2 143 One Long Weekend Justin HardyMark Hayhurst8 March 2014 2014 03 08 1 84Reception editThe series was positively reviewed by critics In a four star review for The Times Andrew Billen called the series a clear and often brilliant dramatisation and praised McDiarmid s portrayal of Grey as surely one of the actor s greatest performances though he found the humour becomes slightly broader in the scenes set in Berlin and Vienna and that the subplot of the two clerks rather peters out 8 In a four of five star review for The Telegraph Christopher Howse found the series enthralling but was distracted by the use of the Belfast City Hall as a location for Whitehall 9 Andrew Anthony of The Guardian called the series a meticulous rendering and impressively wordy and careful imagining free of romantic digressions or fictional appeals to sentiment with a strong performance by McDiarmid he also found the drama rigid and simplistic with dubious stereotypes and an excess of rhetorical dialogue 10 In The Independent Ellen Jones wrote the series masterstroke was to reframe this history textbook timeline as a subtle character study praising its terrifically well written dialogue 11 References edit Drama BBC 16 October 2013 Retrieved 22 October 2013 37 Days on BBC Two Northern Ireland Screen 3 March 2014 Archived from the original on 10 March 2014 Retrieved 10 March 2014 Janice Hadlow announces raft of new BBC Two and BBC Four commissions BBC 22 August 2013 Retrieved 22 October 2013 Jackson James 22 August 2013 BBC serial 37 Days to overturn assumptions about First World War The Times Retrieved 22 October 2013 Burrell Ian 13 October 2013 WW1 beyond the mud and trenches BBC s plans for the centenary of World War One The Independent Archived from the original on 6 May 2022 Retrieved 22 October 2013 37 Days Changing my perspective of WWI BBC 7 March 2014 Retrieved 14 March 2014 BARB Top 30s Billen Andrew TV Review 37 Days The Times Retrieved 21 April 2017 Howse Christopher 6 March 2014 37 Days BBC Two review Telegraph co uk The Telegraph Retrieved 21 April 2017 Anthony Andrew 8 March 2014 37 Days Line of Duty Mind the Gap London vs the Rest review The Guardian Retrieved 21 April 2017 Jones Ellen E 6 March 2014 37 Days TV review A political thriller that grippingly uncovers the countdown to war The Independent Archived from the original on 8 March 2014 Retrieved 21 April 2017 External links edit37 Days at BBC Online nbsp 37 Days at IMDb Radio Times 37 Days Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 37 Days TV series amp oldid 1187580234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.