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BBC One · Ended

War & Peace

Drama, Romance, War · 1972

Last aired: S1 E20, An Epilogue · 1973-02-08

The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War & Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.

Cast

Season 1

E1 Name Day 1972-09-28 · 45 min
E2 Sounds of War 1972-10-05 · 45 min
E3 Skirmish at Schongraben 1972-10-12 · 45 min
E4 A Letter and Two Proposals 1972-10-19 · 45 min
E5 Austerlitz 1972-10-26 · 45 min
E6 Reunions 1972-11-02 · 45 min
E7 New Beginnings 1972-11-09 · 45 min
E8 A Beautiful Tale 1972-11-18 · 45 min
E9 Leave of Absence 1972-11-23 · 45 min
E10 Madness 1972-11-30 · 45 min
E11 Men of Destiny 1972-12-07 · 45 min
E12 Fortunes of War 1972-12-14 · 45 min
E13 Borodino 1972-12-21 · 45 min
E14 Escape 1972-12-28 · 45 min
E15 Moscow! 1973-01-04 · 45 min
E16 Two Meetings 1973-01-11 · 45 min
E17 Of Life and Death 1973-01-18 · 45 min
E18 The Retreat 1973-01-23 · 45 min
E19 The Road to Life 1973-02-01 · 45 min
E20 An Epilogue 1973-02-08 · 45 min

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