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Enemy at the Door

1978 · 2 seasons · 26 episodes · Ended · ITV1

Drama, War & Politics

TMDB 8.2 · 5 votes

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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

  • S01E01By Order of the Fuhrer1978-01-2160m

    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.

  • S01E02The Librarian1978-01-2860m

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

  • S01E03After the Ball1978-02-0460m

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

  • S01E04Steel Hand from the Sea1978-02-1160m

    A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

  • S01E05The Laws and Usages of War1978-02-1860m

    British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

  • S01E06'V' for Victory1978-02-2560m

    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.

  • S01E07The Polish Affaire1978-03-0460m

    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.

  • S01E08Officers of the Law1978-03-1160m

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

  • S01E09The Jerrybag1978-03-1860m

    A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

  • S01E10Treason1978-03-2560m

    A German general arrives on a secret mission.

  • S01E11Pains and Penalties1978-04-0160m

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

  • S01E12The Prussian Officer1978-04-0860m

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

  • S01E13Judgement of Solomon1978-04-1560m

    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.

Cast