48 Hours to Victory
3 x 60’
ITV 1
TX
From 4th December 2021
- Presenters:
Dermot O’Leary, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson, Arthur Williams - Series Producer:
Nick Watts - Series Director:
Tom Cholmondeley - Executive Producer:
Siân Price - Assistant Producers:
Bridie Riley, Henry Ajayi-Ward - Archive Producer:
Jasmine Dick - DoP:
Lorian Reed-Drake - Motion Graphics:
Bandito - Researcher:
Jolyon Stevens - Production Manager:
Eirlys Hatcher - Editors:
Clare Palmer, Jonathan Granger-Miles, Natasha Martin, Dan Thomas, Nick Follows - Production Coordinator:
Rebecca Campora - Title Graphics:
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In this brand-new history series, Dermot O’Leary teams up with former Royal Marine, Arthur Williams and military historian, Lucy Betteridge-Dyson to count down the 48 hours that secured victory in three of the most famous battles in British history: Dunkirk, Waterloo and The Somme.
For the 48-hour window, the team track the key movements on both sides. Dermot will be telling the human stories and revealing what it was really like for ordinary people on the ground in the thick of the action. In the war room, Arthur unpicks what the enemy was doing, and Lucy reveals the British movements.
As Dermot, Arthur and Lucy put these iconic battles under the microscope, they access personal artefacts and records, revealing the secrets and untold stories of these critical hours – full of the triumph and tragedy of war.
With Arthur in the air and Lucy on the ground, they deep-dive into the tactics, technologies, tricks and resources that both sides used both in the UK and in France/Belgium, while Dermot meets descendants and experts to tell the untold stories of extraordinary heroes.
Incredible archive and cutting-edge GFX delivered in our war room studio brings to life the defence and invasion tactics employed on both sides and emphasises why our 48-hour window is so critical when it comes to victory and defeat.
Together Dermot, Arthur and Lucy debunk theories, uncover strategies, identify monumental mistakes and immerse themselves completely in these epic and bloody battles.
”…engrossing, informative and often emotional series
The Sun
”In this fascinating new series …. [they] make an efficient team, acting as our guides to decisive moments in Britain’s biggest battles
Daily Mail
”Military enthusiasts won’t want to miss this new series
The Mirror
”A fresh and atmospheric distillation of a couple of days that really did change the course of history
The Telegraph
”…an excellent watch
The Times
”You might not have known that Dermot O’Leary was a military history enthusiast. But this hitherto unrevealed string to his bow is at the heart of a new series in which he investigates key moments of pivotal battles
Radio Times
”War might be good for absolutely nothing, but as this new series proves, there’s always room for a fascinating new perspective on famous historical conflicts
Total TV
