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Drama · War & Politics

Island at War

2004 1 season 6 episodes limited series
68 Pulse
7.6 IMDb
One weekend 7 hours
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Plot

Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands. Produced by Granada Television in Manchester, Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes.

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Credits

Directed by: Peter Lydon, Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Cast: Laurence Fox, Philip Glenister, Saskia Reeves, Clare Holman, James Wilby, Owen Teale

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