World on Fire - Season 1 (2019) (season)
Creators:
Peter BowkerDirected by:
Adam SmithScreenplay:
Peter BowkerCinematography:
Suzie LavelleComposer:
Dan JonesCast:
Helen Hunt, Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Zofia Wichlacz, Ewan Mitchell, Sean Bean, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Parker Sawyers, Brian J. Smith, Iva Šindelková, Agata Kulesza, Mateusz Więcławek (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
As the threat of the Nazi regime looms large over Europe, translator Harry Chase vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw, but how will he explain this to his sweetheart Lois, waiting for him at home in Manchester? Meanwhile, American journalist and broadcaster Nancy Campbell is at the Polish-German border, making a grisly discovery. 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 Francaise mob. (BBC)
(more)Cast
![Helen Hunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420106_26fca8.png)
Helen Hunt
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Friends (1994) (series)
Capitol Critters (1992) (series)
![Lesley Manville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409111_154339.jpg)
Lesley Manville
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
North & South (2004) (series)
Mum (2016) (series)
![Jonah Hauer-King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/210/163210853_a55a15.png)
Jonah Hauer-King
UK
Best series:
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024) (series)
Little Women (2017) (series)
The Flatshare (2022) (series)
![Julia Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/196/166196429_716f62.jpg)
Julia Brown
UK
Best series:
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Shetland (2013) (series)
The Alienist (2018) (series)
![Zofia Wichlacz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/345/165345645_40f7f3.png)
Zofia Wichlacz
Poland
![Ewan Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/275/162275800_09b993.jpg)
Ewan Mitchell
UK
Best series:
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
The Halcyon (2017) (series)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
![Sean Bean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/964/161964461_3ed72c.jpg)
Sean Bean
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series) - actor, a.f.
Time (2021) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
![Yrsa Daley-Ward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/711/161711885_7fa1d4.jpg)
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Best series:
Shameless (2011) (series)
Kidnap and Ransom (2011) (series)
World on Fire (2019) (series)
![Parker Sawyers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/738/161738032_b956eb.jpg)
Parker Sawyers
Best series:
Succession (2018) (series)
Lilyhammer (2012) (series)
The Assets (2014) (series)
![Brian J. Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386670_0929e9.jpg)
Brian J. Smith
USA
Best series:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Person of Interest (2011) (series)
![Iva Šindelková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742328_4e41cf.jpg)
Iva Šindelková
Czechoslovakia
Best series:
1864 (2014) (series)
Das Boot (2018) (series)
12 Monkeys (2015) (series)
![Agata Kulesza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/809/158809583_804e29.jpg)
Agata Kulesza
Poland
Best series:
Skazana (2021) (series)
The Teach (2016) (series)
Rodzinka.pl (2011) (series)
![Mateusz Więcławek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/643/164643060_e16501.png)
Mateusz Więcławek
Poland
Best series:
The Teach (2016) (series)
World on Fire (2019) (series)
Absolute Beginners (2023) (series)
![Borys Szyc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/288/165288172_986dcc.png)
Borys Szyc
Poland
Best series:
Czas honoru (2008) (series)
The King (2020) (series)
The Border (2014) (series)
![Bruno Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/304/160304489_9f683b.jpg)
Bruno Alexander
Germany
Best series:
World on Fire (2019) (series)
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Johannes Zeiler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/848/168848162_2bgqa8.jpg)
Johannes Zeiler
Austria
Best series:
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
World on Fire (2019) (series)
The Last Word (2020) (series)
![Victoria Mayer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/521/167521918_ga4q7d.jpg)
Victoria Mayer
West Germany
Best series:
Pagan Peak (2019) (series)
Berlin Station (2016) (series)
Stromberg (2004) (series)
![Charlie Creed-Miles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/313/160313371_8377fd.jpg)
Charlie Creed-Miles
UK
Best series:
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
![Jack Deam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/198/163198136_9d8832.jpg)
Jack Deam
UK
Best series:
Unforgiven (2009) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Queer as Folk (1999) (series)
![Max Riemelt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759764_nksto2.jpg)
Max Riemelt
East Germany
Best series:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
World on Fire (2019) (series)
Der Kriminalist (2006) (series)