TV series
World on Fire
Overview
The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
Details
- First air date
- 2019-09-29
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 13 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- Mammoth Screen
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jonah Hauer-King as Harry Chase
- Julia Brown as Lois Bennett
- Helen Hunt as Nancy Campbell
- Zofia Wichłacz as Kasia Tomaszeski
- Lesley Manville as Robina Chase
- Brian J. Smith as Webster O'Connor
- Parker Sawyers as Albert Fallou
- Tomasz Kot as Stefan Tomaszeski
- Eryk Biedunkiewicz as Jan Tomaszeski
- Ewan Mitchell as Tom Bennett
- Mateusz Więcławek as Grzegorz Tomaszeski
- Max Riemelt as Schmidt
Creators and crew
- Peter Bowker - Creator
- Peter Bowker - Executive Producer
- Helen Ziegler - Executive Producer
- Lucy Richer - Executive Producer
- Damien Timmer - Executive Producer
- Chris Clough - Producer
Seasons
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