World on Fire (TV series)

World on Fire is a British war drama television series created by Peter Bowker. Set in the Second World War, the series follows the intertwined lives of ordinary civilians across Europe who are caught up in World War II.

World on Fire
GenreWar drama
Created byPeter Bowker
Starring
ComposerDan Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Peter Bowker
  • Damien Timmer
  • Helen Ziegler
  • Sheena Bucktowonsing
  • Charlotte Webber
Producers
  • Nickie Sault (series 1)
  • Callum Devrell-Cameron (series 1)
  • Amanda Black (series 2)
  • Angie Daniell (series 2)
Cinematography
  • Søren Bay (series 1)
  • Suzie Lavelle (series 1)
  • Mika Orasmaa (series 1)
  • John de Borman (series 1)
  • Bastian Schiøtt (series 2)
  • John Lee (series 2)
Running time60 minutes
Production companyMammoth Screen Masterpiece
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) –
present

Overview

The first series covers March 1939 to July 1940, and features visits to Paris, Warsaw, Manchester, Berlin and Dunkirk. It details events such as the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig, the Battle of the River Plate, the Dunkirk evacuation and the Battle of Britain.

The second series covers October 1940 to May 1941 and features the beginning of the The Blitz in Manchester and the North African campaign (including Operation Compass and the Siege of Tobruk) while also returning to occupied France and Nazi Germany, with the resistance movement and Lebensborn program being shown, respectively.

Cast

Main
  • Jonah Hauer-King as Harry Chase, an interpreter at the British embassy in Warsaw who is later commissioned into the British Army, and joins the SOE.
  • Helen Hunt (series 1) as Nancy Campbell, an American journalist struggling to broadcast the truth from Berlin.
  • Sean Bean (series 1) as Douglas Bennett, a bus conductor, pacifist and shell-shocked veteran of the Battle of the Somme, and father to Lois and Tom.
  • Lesley Manville as Robina Chase, Harry's wealthy and emotionally repressed mother.
  • Julia Brown as Lois Bennett, a 21-year-old factory worker and talented singer who later joins the Entertainments National Service Association. In series two, Lois is an ambulance driver.
  • Zofia Wichłacz as Kasia Tomaszeski, a waitress from Warsaw, with whose family Harry lodges, who later joins the Polish Resistance
  • Brian J. Smith (series 1) as Webster O'Connor, a gay American doctor based in Paris and Nancy's nephew.
  • Parker Sawyers as Albert Fallou, a Parisian jazz saxophonist and Webster's lover.
  • Blake Harrison as Sergeant Stan Raddings, Harry's platoon sergeant.
  • Ewan Mitchell as Tom Bennett, Lois's older brother, a petty criminal who later joins the Royal Navy.
  • Mateusz Więcławek as Grzegorz Tomaszeski, Kasia's sickly younger brother who joins the Polish army with his father.
  • Eugénie Derouand as Henriette Guilbert, a nurse at Webster's hospital in Paris, secretly Jewish.
  • Mark Bonnar (series 2) as Sir James Danemere, a civil servant who is billeted at the Chase house.
  • Ahad Raza Mir (series 2) as Rajib Pal, the captain of a sapper unit in the British Indian Army that is stationed in North Africa.
  • Miriam Schiweck (series 2) as Marga Kühne, a 16 year-old German schoolgirl and member of the League of German Girls.
  • Gregg Sulkin (series 2) as David, a Jewish RAF fighter pilot stationed in Manchester.

Supporting
  • Yrsa Daley-Ward as Connie Knight, a close friend, colleague and musical partner of Lois.
  • Eryk Biedunkiewicz as Jan Tomaszeski, Kasia's youngest brother, a schoolboy.
  • Cel Spellman as Private Joe Broughton, a member of Harry's Platoon from Leeds.
  • Benedict Taylor (series 1) as Dr Drake, head of a mental hospital in Manchester.
  • Jonathan McGuiness (series 1) as Sir Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists.
  • Tomasz Kot (series 1) as Stefan Tomaszeski, a veteran of World War I and father of Kasia, Jan and Grzegorz, who rejoins the Polish army.
  • Patrick Kennedy (series 1) as Campbell, the captain of HMS Exeter.
  • Matthew Roamin (series 1) as Geoff, a shellshocked soldier Harry encounters in France.
  • Prasanna Puwanarajah (series 1) as Major Taylor, a commander of the Special Operations Executive.
  • Charlie Creed-Miles (series 1) as David Walker, Harry's superior at the Warsaw embassy.
  • Buom Tihngang (series 1) as Demba, a Senegalese soldier whom Harry meets in France.
  • Agata Kulesza (series 1) as Maria Tomaszeski, Stefan's wife and mother of Kasia, Grzegorz and Jan.
  • Jack Deam (series one) as Ted, manager of Lois and Connie's ENSA unit.
  • Benjamin Wainwright (series 1) as Randy O'Connor, an American fighter pilot in Vernon's squadron and Webster's brother.
  • Helene Grass (series 1) as Frau Pessler, one of Uwe's employees, a committed Nazi.
  • Bruno Alexander (series 1) as Klaus Rossler, Claudia and Uwe's son, a German soldier.
  • Arthur Darvill (series 1) as Wing Commander Vernon Hunter, an RAF fighter pilot.
  • Matthew Aubrey (series 1) as Private Taffy Morgan, a member of Harry's platoon.
  • Borys Szyc (series 1) as Konrad, a Polish army soldier.
  • Ansu Kabia (series 1) as Eddie Knight, Connie's husband, a jazz trumpeter.
  • Dora Zyogouri (series 1) as Hilda Rossler, the epileptic daughter of Claudia and Uwe.
  • Tomasz Ziętek (series 1) as Tomasz, a colleague of Kasia in the resistance.
  • Victoria Mayer (series 1) as Claudia Rossler, a German mother living in Berlin, struggling to contain the secret of her daughter's epilepsy.
  • Johannes Zeiler (series 1) as Uwe Rossler, Claudia's husband who runs a textile firm.
  • Max Riemelt as (series 1) Schmidt, Nancy's Nazi censor and minder in Berlin.
  • Arthur Choisnet (series 2) as Luc, a communist university student and Henriette's brother.
  • Grace Chilton (series 2) as Joyce Spicer, the housekeeper of the Chase household.
  • Forrest Bothwell (series 2) as George, a young Northern Irish soldier stationed in North Africa.
  • Jonathan Harden (series 2) as Captain Briggs, the commanding officer of the British platoon stationed in Egypt and Libya.
  • James Backway (series 2) as Gordon, an RAF commanding officer.
  • Jake Douglas (series 2) as Stephen, an RAF pilot.
  • Geraint Downing (series 2) as Shortbread, an RAF fighter pilot and friend of David.
  • Matthias Lier (series 2) as Herr Kühne, Marga's father who tries to protect her from the Nazis.
  • Friederike Ott (series 2) as Frau Kühne, Marga's mother.
  • Carl Grübel (series 2) as Ralf Kühne, Marga's brother and a Luftwaffe bomber.
  • Beat Marti (series 2) as Herr Trutz, Marga and Gertha's school teacher.
  • Jay Sajjid (series 2) as Ishwar, an Indian soldier in Rajib's unit.
  • Johanna Götting (series 2) as Gertha, the best friend of Marga who is strongly opposed to the Lebensborn programme.
  • Andreas Schröders (series 2) as Dr Kommandant, a Lebensborn doctor.
  • Inga Dietrich (series 2) as Astrid Mutti, an employee who works at a Lesbensborn site in Brandenburg
  • Kevin Kiernan-Molloy as Sollo, an Australian soldier serving in North Africa.
  • Agnieszka Podsiadlik (series 2) as Irena Lewandowska, a Polish refugee from Warsaw living in Manchester.
  • Ben Allen (series 2) as Tam, an MI5 operative.
  • Eric Godon (series 2) as Monsieur Berthaud, an elderly French man who aids the resistance.
  • Béatrice De Staël (series 2) as Madame Berthaud, an elderly French woman who, along with her husband, aids the resistance.
  • Lily Sacofsky (series 2) as Pearl, an ATS worker at the desert hospital in Cairo.

Episodes

Series overview
SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedAverage UK viewers
(millions)
First airedLast aired
1729 September 2019 (2019-09-29)10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)5.73
2616 July 2023 (2023-07-16)20 August 2023 (2023-08-20)3.50

Series one (2019)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions) [1][lower-alpha 1]
11Episode 1Adam SmithPeter Bowker29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)6.30
1939. As the threat of the Nazi regime looms large over Europe, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia Tomaszeski flee Warsaw, but also has his sweetheart Lois Bennett, waiting for him at home in Manchester. Meanwhile, American journalist and broadcaster Nancy Campbell is at the Polish–German border, witnessing the start of the German invasion of Poland. In Paris, surgeon Webster O'Connor finds the distant threat of war on his doorstep as he falls for French–African jazz musician Albert Fallou, who has been beaten up by the Action Française mob.
22Episode 2Adam SmithPeter Bowker6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)5.46
In devastated Warsaw, Kasia makes plans to flee with grief-stricken mother Maria Tomaszeski but gets caught in a resistance cell's attack on German soldiers. Harry returns to Manchester. When he finally plucks up the courage to tell Lois the truth about Warsaw, she disarms him by declaring her love. Harry then travels to London where he's dismissed from the diplomatic services because of his conduct in Warsaw. Tom Bennett shocks father Douglas by announcing he is now a conscientious objector, while in Berlin Nancy is frustrated by the growing power of the censor. In Paris, Webster and Albert are deeply in love, but their joy is overshadowed by the growing threat of prejudice they face. Nancy finds out that her neighbour's daughter has epilepsy.
33Episode 3Thomas NapperPeter Bowker13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)5.37
After enlisting in the navy, Tom finds himself on board HMS Exeter in pursuit of the notorious Graf Spee, a German pocket battleship which has been picking off British merchant ships for months. A huge naval battle ensues, and Tom's moral compass is reset as he watches the carnage and death around him. Harry is now a 2nd lieutenant, and is in France with the BEF, supervising the digging of foxholes and tank traps with his sergeant Stan Raddings, while trying to win the respect of his unit. When Lois arrives at the base camp to perform with ENSA, she is determined to ignore him and ends up kissing another soldier, Joe. Harry searches for her and punches Joe who cannot retaliate because Harry is his senior officer. Harry later finds out that Lois is pregnant. Nancy hears of disabled and 'feeble-minded' children going missing. She speaks to a doctor who says he ends 'their suffering'. She warns her neighbours but the husband thinks she has taken the risk of exposing them to the authorities by coming to their flat.
44Episode 4Andy WilsonPeter Bowker20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)5.44
The phoney war is over. Harry and his unit are fighting in the town of Louvain, where German troops outnumber those of the Allied forces. Harry wants to prove himself as a leader, but when the Nazis close in, he freezes. On the road to refuge Grzegorz Tomaszeski and Konrad wake to see a German soldier nearby. They shoot him and run. Back in Warsaw, Kasia and Tomas's Polish resistance activity has consequences as the Germans kill dozens in retaliation for the murder of an officer. In Paris, Webster is shocked to see the rise of anti-Semitism in the city, when a Jewish couple come seeking help. Despite hospital policy, nurse Henriette persuades him to look after them, revealing that she too is Jewish. In Manchester, Douglas guesses Lois is hiding her pregnancy. Tom's return brings momentary relief until he confesses that he plans to desert the Navy. Douglas tells him not to; prison will be worse. Nancy submits her script to Schmidt for censorship, and he is incredulous that she hopes to broadcast the euthanasia story. Schmidt threatens her: she won't if she values the Rosslers' daughter.
55Episode 5Chanya ButtonPeter Bowker27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)5.99
As thousands flee Nazi-occupied Belgium, Harry, Stan and the rest of their unit take the road to be evacuated out of Dunkirk. They reach a field hospital and find an overwhelmed Webster O'Connor dealing with an endless number of injured soldiers and civilians. Having stumbled across an ambulance of shell-shocked, traumatised troops (including Senegalese soldiers Demba and Ibrahim), Harry decides to stay with them until it is quieter and he can help them to the beach. In Warsaw, Kasia's campaign of fighting and eradicating Germans has become routine, whilst her comrade has become shaky. In Manchester, Lois and Connie are performing with ENSA at a northern airbase. Tom, now serving on HMS Keith, is reported missing at Dunkirk. Lois meets Wing Commander Vernon Hunter who is immediately drawn to Lois. On saying goodbye, he promises to write to her. In Berlin the Rosslers are growing ever more fearful for Hilda and mother and daughter hide out at their summer residence for a time.
66Episode 6Chanya ButtonPeter Bowker3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)5.91
June 1940. The Nazis have taken Paris. Webster and Albert's life becomes precarious. A German officer warns them that jazz music is to be banned and Albert is at risk of being seen as subversive. In Berlin, Mr and Mrs Rossler are arrested for neglecting their patriotic duty of handing their daughter to the authorities. Back in Manchester, Harry returns home with Demba, one of the heroic Senegalese troops who stayed by Harry's side at Dunkirk. And in Warsaw, Kasia's courageous resistance continues. Tomasz is shot and Kasia is arrested. Harry is invited to London for an interview.
77Episode 7Andy WilsonPeter Bowker10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)5.70
Now part of the Special Operations Executive, Harry is about to embark on his first mission. Major Taylor tells him he must leave for Poland to assist a resistance group who have been identified and targeted by the Nazis. Meanwhile, in Warsaw Kasia is led to the gallows until a bomb explodes amongst the watching crowds and she is rescued by comrades. Lois welcomes a baby daughter into the world, and Robina breaks the news to Harry that he is now a father. This spurs Harry to head to the Bennett house, where he is met by Douglas, who warns him to stay away. Lois goes to the RAF base to meet Vernon, intending to decline his proposal. His plane is the last to return and she thinks he may be dead, so on seeing him, she accepts. Harry parachutes into Poland, landing behind enemy lines. Putting his language and military skills to the test, he meets his Polish liaison. He is led to a barn the network is using, and is at last reunited with Kasia. But the network is ambushed by the Germans and only Harry and Kasia escape. She saves his life shooting dead a soldier and they enter a forest.

Series two (2023)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions) [1][lower-alpha 2]
81Episode 1Drew CassonPeter Bowker16 July 2023 (2023-07-16)3.85
In Manchester, Harry and Kasia arrive at Robina's house, having escaped Poland safely. Kasia and Jan meet with Grzegorz for tea, but they are abused by a man who Kasia punches out of anger, as she longs to return to Poland. Tom returns home to find that his house has been destroyed by a bomb which killed Douglas, and expresses anger at Lois, who was unharmed due to her new job as an ambulance driver. Lois also grieves the death of Vernon, who was killed in the Battle of Britain, while struggling to adapt to motherhood with her newborn baby, Vera. During an air raid, rebellious Jewish fighter pilot David witnesses the death of his squad-mate "Shortbread", while Lois is hit by debris. Meanwhile, in Nazi Germany, 16 year-old schoolgirl and League of German Girls member Marga Kühne is selected to participate in the Lebensborn program, much to her teacher, Herr Trutz, and best friend Gertha's disapproval. In Egypt, Stan is tasked with working with Lieutenant Rajib Pal of the British Indian Army and his sapper unit.
92Episode 2Barney CokelissPeter Bowker23 July 2023 (2023-07-23)3.45
In the Sahara Desert, Harry returns to war and is reunited with Stan and Joe, as Operation Compass begins. He bonds with Rajib due to their similar rank, however conditions begin to worsen and Joe is killed in a sandstorm. Lois and Tom hold a funeral for Douglas, during which Lois confesses her wish to leave Manchester. She shares this with Kasia, who admits her own wish to return to Poland and encourages Lois. Lois attempts to inform Robina, who scolds her, but after seeing ads calling for Auxiliary Territorial Service ambulance drivers, abandons Vera at the house. Civil Servant Sir James Danemere is billeted at the Chase house, and uses his influence to drop all charges against Kasia for the tearoom incident. David is confronted by his squad mate Gordon due to lack of grief shown for Shortbread, before witnessing the death of another squad mate, Stephen. At the American Hospital of Paris, Henriette is under pressure due to tighter restrictions enforced by the Nazis, worsened when her younger brother, Luc, is captured. While delivering supplies to an internment camp, she speaks with Albert, who, while offering to help Luc escape, insists she should leave Paris. In Berlin, Marga and Gertha clash over the former's decision to participate in the Lebensborn program, leading Marga to inform the authorities. During interrogation, Gertha is forced to give up Herr Trutz in order to save her parents.
103Episode 3Meenu GaurMatt Jones30 July 2023 (2023-07-30)3.53
In Libya, Harry collapses due to a wound and is sent to a desert hospital in Cairo, where he sees Lois, who is there as part of ATS service. She confesses her previous suicidal thoughts to him, and they bond over how the war has affected them. Meanwhile, Stan and Rajib attempt to evacuate to Tobruk, before their truck is ambushed, forcing them to flee. They steal another truck from a group of soldiers, and encounter a lone German soldier, whom they capture. After running out of fuel, they walk to the nearest outpost, where, despite being a British officer, Rajib is the last person to be offered water, only after Stan's demands after seeing the German prisoner being tended to. In Brandenburg, Marga arrives at the Lebensborn site. After inspection by a doctor and encountering a girl who is unable to conceive, she catches the eye of Sturmbannfuhrer Greiser, whom she absentmindedly accepts as her partner. They have sex, and she sobs afterwards. At Fort de Romainville, Albert and Luc use morphine smuggled in by Henriette to get themselves into the camp infirmary. They talk about life before the war, and Albert remembers life in Paris with Webster. As Albert helps Luc escape, he briefly considers escape himself, before hesitating and deciding to stay. James and Robina flirt, with him suggesting Kasia take on the role of mother to Vera. Kasia sneaks into James' room, finding radio equipment, false identification, and a handgun, which she steals to confront him. He admits his role as a member of military intelligence, and offers Kasia a job working to root out enemy agents, which she accepts, ultimately hoping to return to Poland. David takes on a dangerous mission to destroy German gun positions in Northern France, but is shot down, and is forced to flee from soldiers while severely wounded.
114Episode 4Drew CassonRachel Bennette6 August 2023 (2023-08-06)3.38
In Tobruk, Rajib clashes with a fellow soldier, Ishwar, who accuses him of being sympathetic to the British, as well as Captain Briggs, who ignores Rajib's suggestions and refuses to salute him until confronted. Harry and the rest of the squad meet up with Australian soldiers, and they narrowly avoid death from a German panzer division. In Manchester, Kasia is given her first assignment at MI5, to trail a Polish woman, Irena Lewandowska, who is suspected of being a spy. They meet in a park and Irena invites Kasia to her home, and they bond over the horrors of life in Warsaw. Kasia returns to MI5 to deny the claims, however she is pressured to continue investigating, and finds sketches of floor plans in the park, confirming Irena's role as a spy. She speaks with James about this, which Robina mistakenly sees as a romance and confronts her. In Germany, Marga, now pregnant, faints during a ceremony, and she is prescribed bed rest due to fears of miscarriage. Greiser brings flowers to Marga, but upon Marga asking for his name, declares they are for the baby, and he scolds her when she asks if he cares about her. In France, Henriette, having helped two other British airmen escape, stumbles upon David, whom she helps. She is visited by a German soldier, who offers to protect her if she will accept his advances. David and Henriette escape, and hide in a barn owned by an elderly couple.
125Episode 5[2]Meenu GaurRachel Bennette13 August 2023 (2023-08-13)3.39
Following the destruction of a water distillery, Harry orders his men to search for a well, but they are ambushed by German soldiers. One of the soldiers shoots Stan in the head at point blank range, killing him instantly. After capturing his killer, Harry takes him to dig Stan's grave and, after an intense confrontation, kills the prisoner in an outburst of rage. Following Stan's funeral, Rajib confronts Harry for the war crime, before telling him he needs to step up as a leader in the wake of Stan's death. Irena is taken in by MI5 and interrogated by Kasia; she reveals her role as a spy is due to fear for her son, who has been captured, while also rejecting Kasia's offer to work for MI5, as suggested by James. Kasia convinces her superior Tam to let her accompany Irena home, where Irena again refuses to work for MI5, and Kasia wakes the next day to find that Irena has committed suicide. She scolds James after he mentions how her death will make things "simpler" for MI5, who can continue to make drops in Irena's place. They again clash due to James's unconcern at Irena's death at dinner, and Robina snaps and demands to know what is going on between them. Kasia reveals everything about Irena, along with her and James's roles at MI5. James explains his insensitivity to Irena's death by detailing his experiences in the First World War, before apologising to Robina for lying about his occupation; she responds by declaring that Kasia belongs at home, and not as a spy. She demands that Kasia give up her role at MI5, and Kasia agrees. While hiding, David and Henriette bond with each other and with the woman hiding them, Madame Berthaud, despite her husband becoming wary of German patrols. David and Henriette dance and share a kiss, before being moved. Lois encounters a native mother who has died, and looks after her baby before taking him to an orphanage. She suffers a nightmare featuring Vera's death, and decides to return home.
136Episode 6[3]UnknownUnknown20 August 2023 (2023-08-20)3.40

Production

Series one

The series was commissioned by the BBC in October 2017, with Peter Bowker writing.[4] Casting began in October 2018, with Helen Hunt and Lesley Manville amongst the first additions,[5] with Sean Bean joining in November.[6] Filming began in November 2018, and wrapped in March 2019. Locations included Chester, Liverpool, Prague, Lytham St. Annes, Wigan[7][8] and Lyme Park.

Series two

The second series began filming in July 2022 in Belfast, following a long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was confirmed for six episodes written by Bowker, Rachel Bennette and Matt Jones. Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Zofia Wichłacz, Blake Harrison, Eugénie Derouand, Eryk Biedunkiewicz, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Parker Sawyers, Ewan Mitchell and Cel Spellman were all confirmed to be returning, while Mark Bonnar, Ahad Raza Mir, Miriam Schiweck and Gregg Sulkin joined the main cast.[9] Filming wrapped in September, with additional filming occurring the following December. Sean Bean was unable to return because of scheduling conflicts, while Helen Hunt and Brian J. Smith did not return because they did not fit within the story, though Bowker said he hoped they could return in a potential third series because of 1942 being the beginning of American involvement in the war.[10]

Broadcast and release

The first series was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 29 September 2019, and concluded on 10 November. In the United States, it premiered on Masterpiece on 20 April 2020 and concluded on 17 May.

The second series was first broadcast also on BBC One, on 16 July 2023, and concluded on 20 August. All episodes were immediately available on BBC iPlayer on 16 July. In the United States, the second series is due to premiere on Masterpiece on 15 October 2023.

Reception

The first series was given four out of five by Lucy Mangan of The Guardian.[11] The historical accuracy of some elements of the series, however, was criticised by reviewers, including columnist Peter Hitchens.[12][13] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first series holds an approval rating of 84% based on 31 reviews, with an average critic rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads “Though at times more style than substance, World on Fire's layered storytelling never steps on itself, leaving room for its excellent ensemble and gorgeous set-pieces to fill in any narrative gaps.”[14] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15]

The second series was given four out of five by Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian.[16] On Rotten Tomatoes, the second series holds an approval rating of 100% based on eight reviews, with an average critic rating of 7.2/10.[17] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on reviews from four critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18]

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