Overview

English literature lecturer Guy Pringle and his wife Harriet navigate the early years of WWII in Bucharest. They become involved in anti-fascist politics and are forced to flee as the war escalates, crossing paths with various characters along the way.

Created by James Cellan Jones

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Kenneth Branagh

  Guy Pringle

  7 eps

• 

  Emma Thompson

  Harriet Pringle

  7 eps

• 

  Charles Kay

  Dobson

  7 eps

• 

  Mark Drewry

  Dudebat

  5 eps

Themes

• spy
• based on novel or book
• resistance
• world war ii
• period drama
• bucharest, romania
• lecturer
• 1940s
• activist
• 1930s
• anti-fascism

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