1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighbourhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volunteer nurse. These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy. Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier?
Shaun Dooley
Fred Firth
Gerard Kearns
Chas Rowland
John Hollingworth
Lt. Cohen
Luke Norris
Lt. Mold
Michael Socha
Pvt. Andy Andrews
Hannah Britland
Lizzie
Paul Popplewell
Sgt. Mitchell
Luke Tittensor
Paddy Kennedy
Chris Reilly
Dodds
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Sid Godley
Sandy Batchelor
Angus Crombie
Julian M. Deuster
Van Armin
Ben Deery
Henry Halliwell
Sam Clemmett
Bill Foulkes
Dominic Thorburn
Maurice Dease
Bobby Schofield
Tom Andrews
Jefferson Hall
Fred Steele
Stuart Graham
Father Brookes
