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
The Three Bells would be for the Andrews Sisters, it was nonetheless a very moving, harmonious rendition, in which the trio was accompanied by Gordon Jenkins' orchestra & chorus. The German title was "Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen". Gene Summers and the Four Stars were performing "The Three Bells" as early as 1954 at all their concerts. Summers released a "live" version of the song on his 2013 CD "Taboo!". Jim Ed Brown, one-third of the Browns, released a cover in 1969. In 1974, recorded a Czech version, with her own lyrics, as ""Zvony nelžou"", translated, "The bells never lie". The song was