Name: World on Fire
Released: 2019-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Jonah Hauer-King

TV Show · Drama · War & Military

A group of young people are in the eye of the storm as WWII explodes around them. With the world changing, they must each make choices that will determine their fate.

2019 · 58m

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

Director Adam Zachary Smith

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.

52m
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.

53m
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.

53m
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.

53m
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.

52m
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.

53m