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Home fires / a co-production of ITV Studios and Masterpiece ; producers, Sue De Beauvoir, Jeremy Gwilt ; creator and lead writer, Simon Block ; directors, Bruce Goodison, Robert Quinn.
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
- Standardized Title:
- Masterpiece theatre (Television program). Home fires.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Summers, Julie--Television adaptations.
- Summers, Julie.
- National Federation of Women's Institutes--Drama.
- National Federation of Women's Institutes.
- Rural women--Great Britain--Social conditions--Drama.
- Rural women.
- Women in war--Great Britain--Drama.
- Women in war.
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Great Britain--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women.
- Rural women--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Television series.
- War television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Television melodramas.
- Historical television programs.
- Drama.
- Fiction television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Full UK-length edition.
- Distribution:
- [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2015]
- Other Title:
- Home fires. Season one
- Home fires. First season
- Home fires. The complete first season
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0
- widescreen (1.85:1) 24 fps
- NTSC
- video file DVD video Region 1
- Summary:
- Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. Episodes 1-3
- disc 2. Episodes 4-6.
- Participant:
- Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ruth Gemmell, Daisy Badger, Mark Bazeley, Leanne Best, Mark Bonnar, Clare Calbraith, Chris Coghill, Frances Grey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Leila Mimmack, Mike Noble, Claire Price, Claire Rushbrook, Daniel Ryan, Ed Stoppard, Fenella Woolgar.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Joel Devlin; editing, Mark Thornton, Peter Oliver, Laura Morrod; music, Samuel Sim.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally broadcast on television in Great Britain in 2015 on ITV. Edited episodes originally broadcast on television in the United States on PBS in 2015 as a part of the television program Masterpiece Theater.
- Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers.
- Season information for title provided from IMDB.com.
- ISBN:
- 9781627894654
- 1627894659
- OCLC:
- 921194720
- Publisher Number:
- 841887026024
- MAS64573 PBS (container)
- MAS64573.01 PBS (disc 1)
- MAS64573.02 PBS (disc 2)
- Online:
- View cover art
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