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World on fire. Season one / a Mammoth Screen production for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece and Tetra Media Fiction, Nadcon Film ; written and created by Peter Bowker ; series producer, Chris Clough ; producers, Nickie Sault, Callum Devrell-Cameron ; directors, Adam Smith, Thomas Napper, Chanya Button.
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- World on fire (Television program). Season 1.
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Europe--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Women journalists--Drama.
- Women journalists.
- Europe--History--1918-1945--Drama.
- Europe.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Drama.
- Warsaw (Poland).
- Manchester (England)--History--Drama.
- Manchester (England).
- Poland--Warsaw.
- England--Manchester.
- Genre:
- Fiction television programs
- Historical television programs
- Drama
- History
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Television series
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- War television programs
- War television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- Fiction television programs.
- Television series.
- Television programs for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 3 videodiscs (approximately 420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- UK edition.
- Other Title:
- World on fire. Season 1
- Place of Publication:
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English with some French, German and Polish subtitles in English.
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- videodisc
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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?
- Contents:
- Disc 1. Episodes 1-3
- Disc 2. Episodes 4-6
- Disc 3. Episode 7.
- Participant:
- 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 Wichłacz, Mateusz Wichławek, Johannes Zeiler, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Helen Hunt.
- Credits:
- Created by Peter Bowker ; music, Dan Jones.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast on PBS television as individual episodes in 2019-2020.
- Wide screen.
- For private home use only.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781531711641
- 1531711642
- 9781531711757
- 1531711758
- OCLC:
- 1141793543
- Publisher Number:
- 841887043397
- 00841887043397 gtin-14
- 841887043502
- MS61904 PBS
- MS51904 PBS
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