The Crimean War
Season 1
Spanning 1853-56, the Crimean War unfolds as Russia clashes with a European coalition. Amid the bloody conflict rooted in long-standing tensions, Florence Nightingale emerges as a pioneering force, bringing hope to the battlefield.
Where to Watch The Crimean War • Season 1
3 Episodes
- Valley of DeathE2
Valley of DeathThe ineptitude of the British high command led to a large number of deaths in its own army, most famously in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Florence Nightingale and her nurses strove to improve the appalling conditions in which the sick and injured were being treated and when news of the troops' suffering reached home, it brought about the government's downfall. - War and PeaceE3
War and PeaceConcluding the three-part documentary series about the 1853-6 war in the Crimea. The war ended shortly after the bloody battle of Tchernaya and, following over 300 days of siege, the fall of Sebastopol. It left one million dead, a victorious Britain building her global empire, the French army decimated and the defeated Russian tsar facing reform.
