Season 1 traverses the first year of WWII, from ordinary life in England to the beaches of Dunkirk, diving deep into the hearts and minds of those living their lives as they grapple with the unthinkable: a world in flames.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
As war breaks out, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw, but does not know how to explain this to his sweetheart Lois, who is waiting for him at home in Manchester.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
A month after the war begins, Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed; Harry longs for news; Kasia joins the Polish resistance.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Tom fights for his life on board the HMS Exeter; Harry and Lois have a more personal battle to fight.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Harry's courage is tested at Louvain; Kasia's resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies.
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.
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.
Julia Brown
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Jonah Hauer-King
Tomasz Kot
Agata Kulesza
Victoria Mayer
Ewan Mitchell
Parker Sawyers
Zofia Wichlacz
Mateusz Więcławek
Lesley Manville