Home fires
(DVD)
Contributors
Block, Simon, creator,
Goodison, Bruce, television director.
Quinn, Robert, 1970- television director.
Beauvoir, Sue de, television producer.
Gwilt, Jeremy, television producer.
Goodison, Bruce, television director.
Quinn, Robert, 1970- television director.
Beauvoir, Sue de, television producer.
Gwilt, Jeremy, television producer.
Format
DVD
Edition
Full UK-length edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Oliver La Farge - Media
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Edition
Full UK-length edition.
Language
English
UPC
841887026024
Notes
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 Theater.
General Note
Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers.
General Note
Season information for title provided from IMDB.com.
General Note
Widescreen.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Joel Devlin ; editing, Mark Thornton, Peter Oliver, Laura Morrod ; music, Samuel Sim.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
National Federation of Women's Institutes -- Drama.
Rural women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Television melodramas.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women in war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
National Federation of Women's Institutes -- Drama.
Rural women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Television melodramas.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women in war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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