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Home fires. [Season one] [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)

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: Full UK-length edition.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : ITV Studios, [2015]
  • Distributor: [Alexandria, Virginia] : PBS Distribution.

Content descriptions

General Note:
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.
Inspired by the book "Jambusters" by Julie Summers.
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).
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.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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