An Englishman's Castle

Season

1978

UK

8.1

In Nazi-occupied Britain, a soap opera writer leads an oblivious life until his lover reveals she's a Jewish resistance member. He must choose whether to aid the underground revolt.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

More than three decades after Nazi Germany won the Second World War, the United Kingdom is a fascist dominated puppet state. Scriptwriter Peter Ingram pens the popular soap opera "An Englishman's Castle" which is set in London during the German invasion of the UK in 1940 but his suggestion to introduce a Jewish character is met with fierce opposition from the programme controller Harmer.

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

Peter Ingram, producer and writer of "An Englishman's Castle", the soap opera which has brought him fame and fortune, is confronted by difficult decisions of conscience.