When We Go To War

When We Go To War
Genre	Drama
Created by	TVNZ
Written by	Gavin Strawhan Briar Grace-Smith Rachel Lang
Directed by	Peter Burger
Starring	Esther Stephens Shavaughn Ruakere Alexander Tarrant Ido Drent Freya Milner Tom O'Sullivan Leith Towers Andrew Grainger Sylvia Rands Gareth Williams Sophia Hybens
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	Robin Scholes
Release
Original network	TV One
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	26 April – 24 May 2015
External links
Website

When We Go To War is a 2015 television drama mini-series from New Zealand. The series uses fictional characters to depict the impact of the First World War on New Zealanders at home as well as in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Gallipoli Campaign and in Egypt.

The series premiered in 2015, the centenary year of Gallipoli, with its first two episodes aired together during the ANZAC day holiday weekend.^[1]

The six one-hour episodes were commissioned and broadcast by TVNZ.^[2][3][4]

Episodes

Episode No.	Title	Original air date	Viewers [5]
1	"Bea's Letter"	26 April 2015	314,820
2	"Manaaki's Letter"	26 April 2015	314,820
3	"Harry's Letter"	3 May 2015	305,820
4	"Awa's Letter"	10 May 2015	273,310
5	"Charles' Letter"	17 May 2015	267,450
6	"Cissy's Letter"	24 May 2015	284,840

References

1. Baillie, Russell. "TV review: When We Go To War's debut episode". NZ Herald. NZME. Publishing Limited. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. "Illuminate - When We Go To War". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
3. Roberts, Sarah. "Gallipoli drama to screen". Manukau Courier. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
4. Drinnan, John. "Media freedom under fire". New Zealand Herald. NZME. Publishing Limited. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
5. "Ratings archives". Throng. Throng Ltd. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

• When We Go To War at the Internet Movie Database