Edition |
Full UK-length edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Television program |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation, stereo. |
Cast |
Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ruth Gemmell, Daisy Badger, Mark Bazeleyy, 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. |
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 part of the television program Masterpiece Theater. |
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Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers. |
Audience |
TV rating: TV-14/Not rated. |
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. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Rural women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Women in war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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National Federation of Women's Institutes -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Television melodramas.
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Television series.
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Added Author |
Block, Simon, creator, screenwriter.
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Goodison, Bruce, television director.
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Quinn, Robert, television director.
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Beauvoir, Sue de, television producer.
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Gwilt, Jeremy, television producer.
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Bond, Samantha, 1962- actor.
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Annis, Francesca, 1945- actor.
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Gemmell, Ruth, actor.
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Badger, Daisy, actor.
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Bazeleyy, Mark, actor.
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Best, Leanne, actor.
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Bonnar, Mark, actor.
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Calbraith, Clare, actor.
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Coghill, Chris, actor.
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Grey, Frances, actor.
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Hurd-Wood, Rachel, 1990- actor.
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Mimmack, Leila, actor.
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Noble, Mike, actor.
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Price, Claire, actor.
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Rushbrook, Claire, actor.
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Ryan, Daniel, 1968- actor.
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Stoppard, Ed, actor.
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Woolgar, Fenella, actor.
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Television adaptation of (work): Summers, Julie.
Jambusters.
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ITV Studios, production company.
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ITV (Firm), broadcaster.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), distirbutor.
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Added Title |
Home fires. Season one |
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Home fires. First season |
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Contained in (work): Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781627894654 |
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1627894659 |
Standard No. |
841887026024 |
Music No. |
MAS64573 PBS |
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