The Passing Bells the conclusion of the war. The series was announced by the BBC in October 2013, along with other programmes that played a part in the BBC World War I centenary season. It was a Red Planet Production with BBC Worldwide as the distributor. Filming took place in Poland. Telewizja Polska and Apple Film Production were co-producers. The series aired in the pre-watershed time-slot of 7pm, and the script was written for a younger audience and family viewing. The title was taken from the first line of Wilfred Owen's 1917 poem, "Anthem for Doomed Youth": "What passing-bells for these who die
Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever narration from the film "The Thin Red Line". The track "The Moon Is Down" was based on "The Moon Is Down" by author John Steinbeck. The track title "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" was used as an episode title for an episode of season three of the television show "One Tree Hill". The artwork for the album, by David Logan, was inspired by the Angels of Mons. Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live