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Home fires. [Season 1] Cover Image DVD

Home fires. [Season 1] [videorecording] / 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.

Home fires. (other title)
Home fires. (other title)
Home fires. (other title)
Block, Simon, (creator,, screenwriter.). Goodison, Bruce, (television director.). Quinn, Robert, 1970- (television director.). Beauvoir, Sue de, (television producer.). Gwilt, Jeremy, (television producer.). Devlin, Joel, (cinematographer.). Sim, Samuel, (composer.). Bond, Samantha, 1962- (actor.). Annis, Francesca, 1945- (actor.). Gemmell, Ruth, (actor.). Badger, Daisy, (actor.). Bazeley, Mark, 1970- (actor.). Best, Leanne, 1980- (actor.). Bonnar, Mark, (actor.). Calbraith, Clare, 1974- (actor.). Coghill, Chris, (actor.). Grey, Frances, (actor.). Hurd-Wood, Rachel, 1990- (actor.). Mimmack, Leila, (actor.). Noble, Mike, (actor.). Price, Claire, (actor.). Rushbrook, Claire, (actor.). Ryan, Daniel, 1968- (actor.). Stoppard, Ed, (actor.). Woolgar, Fenella, (actor.). Summers, Julie. Television adaptation of (work): Jambusters. (Added Author). ITV (Firm), (broadcaster.). ITV Studios, (production company.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (film distributor.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.). 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. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781627894654
  • ISBN: 1627894659
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen edition.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : ITV Studios, [2015]
  • Distributor: [Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS Distribution.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Inspired by the book "Jambusters" by Julie Summers.
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 Theatre.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3 -- Disc 2. Episodes 4-6.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Joel Devlin ; editing, Mark Thornton, Peter Oliver, Laura Morrod ; music, Samuel Sim.
Participant or Performer Note:
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.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language Note:
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

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Subject:
Rural women > Great Britain > Social conditions > Drama.
Women in war > Great Britain > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Great Britain > Drama.
National Federation of Women's Institutes > Drama.
Genre:
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television melodramas.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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