World on Fire

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The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

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Three young people are in the eye of the storm as World War II explodes around them.

Three young people are in the eye of the storm as World War II explodes around them. Nothing can survive unchanged. Not even love. Starring Lesley Manville and Jonah Hauer-King.

Series 1

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Julia Brown

Jonah Hauer-King

Blake Harrison

Helen Hunt

Zofia Wichlacz

Ewan Mitchell

Sean Bean

Lesley Manville

Peter Bowker

Thomas Napper

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World on Fire: Series 1: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC One - World on Fire, Series 1, Episode 3

Tom is far from home, fighting for his life on board the HMS Exeter.

December 1939, and Tom fights for his life on board the HMS Exeter at the Battle of River Plate. Meanwhile, Harry and Lois have a more personal battle to fight.

After enlisting in the navy, Tom finds himself on board the 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. 

As Tom fights for his life, Harry and Lois face a battle of their own. 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, and trying to win the respect of his unit. When Lois arrives at the base camp to perform with ENSA, Harry’s two worlds collide. Lois is determined to ignore him and finds comfort in the arms of another soldier, Joe, who happens to belong to Harry’s unit, and there’s another shock in store for Harry when he later disciplines Joe…

World on Fire: Series 1

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Three young people are in the eye of the storm as World War II explodes around them. Nothing can survive unchanged. Not even love.

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