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 Nymphs (poem) works. The poem begins with a discussion on health and philosophy: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;"> the motes of Bigotry's sick eye, Or the blind feel of "false" Philosophy </poem> The poem describes the nymphs that were part of the landscape: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;"> Those are the Naiads, who keep neat The banks from sedge, and from the dull-dropp'd feet Of cattle that break down the fibrous mould. They snap the selfish nets, that, overbold Cross the whole river, and might trip the keels Of summer boats. </poem> The poem ends with a command that the reader should spread the message of