When We Go to War
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Short description|2015 television drama miniseries}}
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| genre = Drama
| creator = {{Plainlist|
- Gavin Strawhan
- Briar Grace-Smith
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| developer =
| writer = Gavin Strawhan
Briar Grace-Smith
Rachel Lang
| director = Peter Burger
| creative_director =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Esther Stephens
- Shavaughn Ruakere
- Alexander Tarrant
- Ido Drent
- Freya Milner
- Tom O'Sullivan
- Leith Towers
- Andrew Grainger
- Sylvia Rands
- Gareth Williams
- Sophia Hybens
}}
| theme_music_composer =
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| endtheme =
| composer = Tom McLeod
| country = New Zealand
| language = English
| num_series =
| num_episodes = 6
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer =
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Robin Scholes
- Gavin Strawhan
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| editor = Eric de Beus
| location =
| cinematography = DJ Stipsen
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| company = Jump Film & TV
| channel = TV One
| first_aired = {{Start date|2015|04|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2015|05|24|df=y}}
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When We Go to War is a 2015 television drama miniseries from New Zealand directed by Peter Burger. 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 the Gallipoli campaign, with its first two episodes aired together during the ANZAC day holiday weekend.{{cite web|last1=Baillie|first1=Russell|title=TV review: When We Go To War's debut episode|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11438968|website=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 April 2015 |publisher=NZME. Publishing Limited|accessdate=7 August 2015}}
Production
The six one-hour episodes were commissioned and broadcast by TVNZ. Each episode is framed around a letter written by one of six young men and women, who, in 1914 on the eve of World War I, are full of plans and dreams.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/war-memorial/first-world-war-centenary/illuminate-when-we-go-to-war|title=Illuminate - When We Go To War|publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum|accessdate=5 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412011307/http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/war-memorial/first-world-war-centenary/illuminate-when-we-go-to-war |archive-date=12 April 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Sarah|title=Gallipoli drama to screen|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9920883/Gallipoli-drama-to-screen|website=Manukau Courier|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=7 August 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Drinnan|first1=John|title=Media freedom under fire|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11112909|website=New Zealand Herald |date=25 July 2013 |publisher=NZME. Publishing Limited|accessdate=7 August 2015}} Studio filming was undertaken at Studio West in West Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://www.studiowest.co.nz/our-story |title=Our Story |publisher=Studio West |access-date=29 April 2023}}
Episodes
{{Episode table|background=#00A0DF|overall=|title=|director=|writer=|airdate=|viewers=|country=N.Z.|viewersR={{cite web|title=Ratings archives|url=http://www.throng.co.nz/tag/ratings/|website=Throng|publisher=Throng Ltd|accessdate=7 August 2015}}
|episodes =
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Bea's Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|26|df=y}}
| Viewers = 314,820
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Manaaki's Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Briar Grace-Smith, Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|26|df=y}}
| Viewers = 314,820
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Harry's Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan, Briar Grace-Smith and Rachel Lang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|3|df=y}}
| Viewers = 305,820
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Awa's Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Rachel Lang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|10|df=y}}
| Viewers = 273,310
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Charles' Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|17|df=y}}
| Viewers = 267,450
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Cissy's Letter
| DirectedBy = Peter Burger
| WrittenBy = Rachel Lang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|24|df=y}}
| Viewers = 284,840
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
References
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