Enemy at the Door(1978)

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2 Seasons

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.

Episodes

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Ep 1

By Order of the Fuhrer

The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.

21/01/197860 min

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Ep 2

The Librarian

Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.

28/01/197860 min

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Ep 3

After the Ball

The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.

04/02/197860 min

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Ep 4

Steel Hand from the Sea

A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

11/02/197860 min

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Ep 5

The Laws and Usages of War

British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

18/02/197860 min

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Ep 6

'V' for Victory

Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.

25/02/197860 min

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Ep 7

The Polish Affaire

Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.

04/03/197860 min

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Ep 8

Officers of the Law

A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.

11/03/197860 min

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Ep 9

The Jerrybag

A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

18/03/197860 min

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Ep 10

Treason

A German general arrives on a secret mission.

25/03/197860 min

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Ep 11

Pains and Penalties

Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.

01/04/197860 min

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Ep 12

The Prussian Officer

A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.

08/04/197860 min

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Ep 13

Judgement of Solomon

Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.

15/04/197860 min