World on fire, Season one

Resource Information

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Label

World on fire, Season one

Title number

Season one

Statement of responsibility

PBS ; a Mammoth Screen production for BBC ; written and created by Peter Bowker ; producers, Nickie Sault, Callum Devrell-Cameron ; directors, Adam Smith, Thomas Napper, Andy Wilson, Chanya Button

Title variation

World on fire

Creator

• World on fire (Television program), Season 1.

Contributor

• Napper, Thomas, 1970-
• Bean, Sean
• Wieclawek, Mateusz
• Bowker, Peter, 1958-
• Riemelt, Max, 1984-
• Brown, Julia, (Actor)
• Sault, Nickie
• trueDaley-Ward, Yrsa
• Darvill, Arthur, 1982-
• Devrell-Cameron, Callum
• Sawyers, Parker
• Harrison, Blake, 1985?-
• Hauer-King, Jonah, 1995-
• Wilson, Andy
• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Smith, Adam, (Director)
• Kennedy, Patrick, 1977-
• Smith, Brian J., (Brian Jacob), 1981-
• Kot, Tomasz, 1977-
• Kulesza, Agata, 1971-
• Zeiler, Johannes, 1970-
• Manville, Lesley
• Wichłacz, Zofia
• Mayer, Victoria, 1976-
• Mitchell, Ewan

Actor

• Zeiler, Johannes, 1970-
• Bean, Sean
• Brown, Julia, (Actor)
• trueDaley-Ward, Yrsa
• Darvill, Arthur, 1982-
• Harrison, Blake, 1985?-
• Hauer-King, Jonah, 1995-
• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Kennedy, Patrick, 1977-
• Kot, Tomasz, 1977-
• Kulesza, Agata, 1971-
• Manville, Lesley
• Mayer, Victoria, 1976-
• Mitchell, Ewan
• Riemelt, Max, 1984-
• Sawyers, Parker
• Smith, Brian J., (Brian Jacob), 1981-
• Wichłacz, Zofia
• Wieclawek, Mateusz

Creator

• Bowker, Peter, 1958-

Director

• Smith, Adam, (Director)
• Napper, Thomas, 1970-

Screenwriter

• Bowker, Peter, 1958-

Television director

• Wilson, Andy

Television producer

• Sault, Nickie
• Devrell-Cameron, Callum

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama
• War television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Television series
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Journalists -- Drama
• Historical television programs
• Fiction television programs
• Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs

Genre

• War television programs
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Fiction television programs
• Historical television programs
• Television series
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?

Member of

• Masterpiece theatre (Television program), Season 1, World on fire

Has edition

• World on fire (Television program). Season 1

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

TV rating: TV-14

Language note

SDH - subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1992.77

PerformerNote

Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Arthur Darvill, Blake Harrison, Jonah Hauer-King, Patrick Kennedy, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Victoria Mayer, Ewan Mitchell, Max Riemelt, Parker Sawyers, Brian J. Smith, Zofia Wichlacz, Mateusz Wichlawek, Johannes Zeiler, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Helen Hunt

Runtime

420

Series statement

• World on fire
• Masterpiece

Series volume

1

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action