After Peter Weir's great movie Gallipoli i see this mini series as the best of Aussie WW1 shows. Better in it's treatment of what happened than in Anzacs which came out a few years later because it shows the Aussie troops warts and all. Billy and Walter are mates who have known each other in a country town in NSW since they were kids with Walter the better educated richer bloke and Billy the extrovert ratbag. You get to see the dark side of Billy and others and the damage war does to all involved. I didn't watch this series in the early 80's when it first came out but i'm glad i've seen it now. I'll be reading the book by Roger McDonald next.
