The Crimson Field
| The Crimson Field | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Sarah Phelps |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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| Producer(s) | Annie Tricklebank |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Drama Production |
| Distributor | Endemol |
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| Original network | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> |
| Original release | 6 April – 11 May 2014 |
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The Crimson Field is a British drama television series that was broadcast beginning on BBC One on 6 April 2014. The series shows the lives of medics and the patients at a fictional field hospital in France during the First World War.[1][2]
Cast
- Rupert Graves as Major Edward Crecy
- Oona Chaplin as Kitty Trevelyan
- Hermione Norris as Grace Carter
- Suranne Jones as Sister Joan Livesey
- Kevin Doyle as Lt Col Roland Brett
- Kerry Fox as Sister Margaret Quayle
- Alex Wyndham as Captain Miles Hesketh-Thorne
- Jeremy Swift as Quartermaster Sergeant Reggie Soper
- Richard Rankin as Captain Thomas Gillan
- Marianne Oldham as Rosalie Berwick
- Alice St. Clair as Flora Marshall
- Jack Gordon as Orderly Corporal Peter Foley
Production
Originally called The Ark, filming began in August 2013 and the series was commissioned by Ben Stephenson and Danny Cohen.[3][4] The series is part of the BBC World War I centenary season. Sarah Phelps, the creator of The Crimson Field said: "I am bouncing off the walls with excitement at having such an extraordinary talented cast, bouncing off the walls."[3]
The Historic Dockyard Chatham and HMS Gannet featured in the first episode of the series doubling as the Port of Boulogne, France.[5]
The show was cancelled after one series.[6]
Episode list
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions)[7] |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | David Evans | Sarah Phelps | 6 April 2014 | 7.83 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | David Evans | Sarah Phelps | 13 April 2014 | 6.89 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Richard Clark | Sarah Phelps | 20 April 2014 | 6.31 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Richard Clark | Sarah Phelps | 27 April 2014 | 6.25 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Sarah Phelps | 4 May 2014 | 6.01 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Sarah Phelps | 11 May 2014 | 6.33 |
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External links
- Use dmy dates from June 2015
- Use British English from June 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- BBC television dramas
- 2014 British television programme debuts
- 2010s British television series
- Television shows set in France
- English-language television programming
- World War I television drama series
- 2014 British television programme endings
