Fortunes of War Episode 1 (Original title)
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 11 October 1987 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: James Cellan Jones
Production company billing: ©1987. BBC a BBC TV production in association with WGBH - Boston and Primetime Television
Synopsis: September 1939. War breaks out as newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans - to Romania where an uneasy neutrality reigns.
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TV Transmissions
Date: 11 October 1987Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:05-22:05Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 17 October 1987Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:10-22:05Slot duration: 55 minsNetwork
Date: 21 July 1989Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:30-22:30Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Date: 11 October 1987not specified
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613648
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036061
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(5)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613647
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613648
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: D3Duration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036060
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Betacam SPDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036061
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: CD-RTX date: 1987-10-11BFI identifier: C-1521326
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 11 October 1987 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: James Cellan Jones
Production company billing: ©1987. BBC a BBC TV production in association with WGBH - Boston and Primetime Television
Synopsis: September 1939. War breaks out as newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans - to Romania where an uneasy neutrality reigns.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 11 October 1987Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:05-22:05Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 17 October 1987Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:10-22:05Slot duration: 55 minsNetwork
Date: 21 July 1989Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:30-22:30Slot duration: 60 minsNetwork
Date: 11 October 1987not specified
Credits
(37)
Production Company: BBC, In Association with: WGBH (Boston), Primetime Television, Produced by: Betty Willingale, Associate Producer: Richard Cox, Production Manager: Marion Mcdougall, Production Manager: Jeremy Woolf, Assistant Floor Manager: Diana Barton, Dave Newcombe, Production Assistant: Frances Alcock, Production Assistant: Gillian Wood, Yugoslav Production Team: Studio Unikal, Yugoslav Production Team: Brana Srdic, Yugoslav Production Team: Milan Cvetkovic, Andric Zoran, Script Editor: Suzan Harrison, Screenplay: Alan Plater, [Based on the novel] By: Olivia Manning, Photography: David Feig, Photography: John Record, Film Lighting Electrician: Alan Muhley, Grip: Steve Phillips, Grip: Terance Childs, Visual Effects Designer: Stuart Brisdon, Film Editor: Tariq Anwar, Design: Tim Harvey, Property Buyer: Judy Ducker, Celia Bobak, Costume Design: Christine Rawlins, Make-up Design: Elizabeth Rowell, Music Composed and Conducted by: Richard Holmes, Sound Recordist: Terry Elms, Les Honess, Dubbing Editor: Judith Robson, Dubbing Mixer: Ken Hains, Romanian Adviser: Vladimir Mirodan
Cast
(28)
Kenneth Branagh (Guy Pringle), Emma Thompson (Harriet Pringle), Ronald Pickup (Prince Yakimov), Charles Kay (Dobson), James Villiers (Inchcape), Barry Jackson (McCann), Desmond McNamara (Galpin), Richard Clifford (Lawson), Nicholas Chagrin (Ionescu), Elena Secota (Sophie Oresanu), Magdelena Buznea (Despina), Vernon Dobtcheff (Prince Hadjimoscos), Mischa De La Motte (Horvath), Nicholas Amer (Palu), Caroline Langrishe (Bella Niculesco), Vladimir Mirodan (Nikko Niculesco), Mark Drewry (Dubedat), Branko Miklavic (german refugee), Branko Grubar (immigration officer), Snezana Savic (Florica), Relja Basic (Emmanuel Drucker), Harry Burton (Sasha Drucker), Andreja Saric (Doamna Drucker), Vera Per (first sister-in-law), Polona Vetrih (second sister-in-law), Sreskco Ertavel (uncle), Iain Rattray (hotel manager), Andri Vasilescu (hotel clerk)Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613648
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036061
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(5)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613647
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1989-07-21BFI identifier: C-613648
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: D3Duration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036060
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Betacam SPDuration: 56.23 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1036061
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: CD-RTX date: 1987-10-11BFI identifier: C-1521326
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status