The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)

A companion to the 1964 series rather than a replacement. Where that one gives you the veterans, this eight-part production from KCET, the BBC and the Imperial War Museum follows the war into the century it shaped, with Jay Winter as chief historian. A voice cast including Ralph Fiennes and Jürgen Prochnow lends weight to the words of the period, and Judi Dench narrates the UK version. It won two Primetime Emmys and a Peabody, and at eight hours it is the more manageable of the two.