WORLD ON FIRE - Episode 1

Mammoth Screen for BBC One

Duration: 59' (5' clip)

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

Director: Adam Smith
Starring: Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Zofia Wichlacz, Helen Hunt
Writer: Peter Bowker
Series Producer: Chris Clough
Executive Producers: Damien Timmer, Helen Ziegler