The Great War So Sleep Easy in Your Beds (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

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The Great War

So Sleep Easy in Your Beds (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

For the first 6 months of the war, the Royal Navy did what it could to contain the German navy around the world. It also showed the problems Britain had with its navy.

Writers

Antony Jay | Barrie Pitt

Producers

Tony Essex | Gordon Watkins

Editors

Pam Bosworth | Ian Callaway | Norman Carr | Peter Heelas

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 4, 1964

Release date

Jul 4, 1964 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Redgrave Self - Narrator (voice) (as Sir Michael Redgrave) Self - Narrator (voice) (as Sir Michael Redgrave) See fewer	The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Ralph Richardson Douglas Haig (voice) (as Sir Ralph Richardson) Douglas Haig (voice) (as Sir Ralph Richardson) See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Emlyn Williams Lloyd George (voice) Lloyd George (voice) See fewer	Ivanhoe (1952)
Marius Goring Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	The Red Shoes (1948)
Cyril Luckham Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Sebastian Shaw Various (voice) Various (voice) See fewer	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Ernest Amis Self - British Sailor Self - British Sailor See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Khonoma Beaumont-Walker Self - British Officer Self - British Officer See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Alfred J.E. Blackmore Self - British Sailor Self - British Sailor See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Kurt Dehn Self - German Officer (as John Frederick Dehn Bowen) Self - German Officer (as John Frederick Dehn Bowen) See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Alfred Frank Joys Self - British Sailor Self - British Sailor See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Sylvester G. Pawley Self - British Sailor Self - British Sailor See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Thomas Rees Self - British Soldier Self - British Soldier See fewer	The Great War (1964)
Peter Bowles Winston Churchill (uncredited) Winston Churchill (uncredited) See fewer	The Bank Job (2008)
Terence Brady Naval Order of the Day (uncredited) Naval Order of the Day (uncredited) See fewer	Pig in the Middle (1980)
Peter Bridgmont Kaiser Wilhelm II (uncredited) Kaiser Wilhelm II (uncredited) See fewer	The Magic Box (2011)
James Cairncross Maximilian von Spee (uncredited) Maximilian von Spee (uncredited) See fewer	Tom Jones (1963)
Basil Dignam Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited) See fewer	Department S (1969)
Michael Gough Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited) See fewer	Batman Forever (1995)
Alec Mango Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited) See fewer	Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)