Dunkirk - Season 1 (2004)

Told from the perspective of the decision-makers and the soldiers on the ground, this series follows the dramatic events from the 25th May 1940, to the early hours of 4th June. As British and French troops were forced back into an ever-decreasing pocket of land by the relentless onslaught of the Germans, the British Navy launched a momentous effort to save them at short notice and with very slender means. Narrated by Timothy Dalton and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Russell Beale (As Churchill), Kevin McNally and Michael Legge.