Island at War
2004 · ITV1 · 90 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Unusual Successes
Mon, 16 Aug, 6:00 am
About
Powerful family drama focusing on a group of islanders adjusting to life under enemy occupation during the Second World War.
A harrowing, sprawling mini-series produced by Masterpiece Theatre, "Island at War" chronicles three families - the upper-class Dorrs, the middle-class Mays and the working-class Jonases - as they endure five years under Nazi rule on St. Gregory island, a fictionalized location representing the Channel Islands.
Episodes
- E01
Eve of the War
Mon, 12 July· 90 minWith a German invasion inevitable, islanders rush to secure spots on the few boats leaving for England. For three families - politician James Dorr and his wife Felicity, policeman Wilf Jonas and his wife Kathleen and shopkeeper Cassie Mahy and her husband Urban - time runs out to evacuate.
- E02
Living with the Enemy
Mon, 19 July· 90 min - E03
To Catch a Spy
Mon, 26 July· 90 min - E04
Strange Mercies
Mon, 2 Aug· 90 min - E05
Unexpected Revelations
Mon, 9 Aug· 90 min - E06
Unusual Successes
Mon, 16 Aug· 90 min
Cast
Philip Glenister
Oberst Heinrich Baron Von Rheingarten
Saskia Reeves
Cassie Mahy
James Wilby
James Dorr
Clare Holman
Felicity Dorr
Owen Teale
Wilf Jonas
Sean Gallagher
Sheldon Leveque