Jeremy Paxman tells the tragic story of World War One poet Wilfred Owen.
Acting
Samuel Barnett channels Owen's restless, doomed intensity.
Writing
Paxman lets the poems speak—finally, he stops interrupting.
Director
Louise Hooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Owen's draft of 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' was found in his brother's attic in 1975, decades after this documentary aired.
This aired on Remembrance Sunday 2007, when Britain was already six years into Afghanistan—Paxman's barely-contained fury makes sense now.
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