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World On Fire

Drama 2019 iTunes

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A journey across Europe during the first year of World War II, into the hearts and minds of those living their everyday lives during that time.

Drama 2019 iTunes

Starring Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jonah Hauer-King

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

As the threat of the Nazi regime looms large over Europe, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw.

52 min 7 Jan 2021 M
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

A month after the outbreak of war, and Warsaw is unrecognisable, while Manchester, on the surface, continues very much the same. Harry returns to Manchester but struggles to tell Lois his secret.

53 min 7 Jan 2021 M
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Tom fights for his life on board the HMS Exeter, at the Battle of River Plate in December 1939. Meanwhile, Harry and Lois have a more personal battle to fight.

53 min 14 Jan 2021 M
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Harry's courage is tested at Louvain when he comes face-to-face with a German sniper; Kasia's resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies; Grzegorz and Konrad are woken by a German troop.

53 min 21 Jan 2021 M
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Harry leads his unit on the route to Dunkirk, and they fight to make it onto the beach and aboard a ship; Grzegorz and Tom also struggle to survive the chaos of the evacuation.

52 min 28 Jan 2021 M
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

The Nazis have taken Paris in June 1940. Webster and Albert's life in the city they love will never be the same.

53 min 4 Feb 2021 M

Julia Brown

Lois Bennett
Yrsa Daley-Ward

Connie Knight
Jonah Hauer-King

Harry Chase
Tomasz Kot

Stefan Tomaszeski
Agata Kulesza

Maria Tomaszeski
Victoria Mayer

Claudia Rossler
Ewan Mitchell

Tom Bennett
Parker Sawyers

Albert Fallou
Brian J. Smith

Webster O'Connor
Zofia Wichlacz

Kasia Tomaszeski
Mateusz Wieclawek

Grzegorz Tomaszeski
Sean Bean

Douglas Bennett
Lesley Manville

Robina Chase
Helen Hunt

Nancy Campbell
Jonathan McGuinness

Oswald Mosley
James Quinn

Walter Smith
Charlie Creed-Miles

David Walker
Eryk Biedunkiewicz

Jan Tomaszeski
Bruce McGregor

Lesley Dobbs
Borys Szyc

Konrad
Bruno Alexander

Klaus Rossler
Jack Cooper Stimpson

George Grieves
Ansu Kabia

Eddie Knight
Vladimír Skultéty

Herman
Eugénie Derouand

Henriette Guilbert
Max Riemelt

Schmidt
Adam Smith

Director
Nickie Sault

Producer
Peter Bowker

Writer
Peter Bowker

Creator

About

World On Fire

DRAMA

A journey across Europe during the first year of World War II, into the hearts and minds of those living their everyday lives during that time.

Information

Studio: BBC One
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Rated: M
Original Audio: English (Australia), English (United Kingdom)

Languages

Audio: English (United Kingdom) (AAC, Dolby 5.1)