Fortunes of War (1987)

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.

Fortunes of War

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The balkans: september 1939

  • 1x2

    Romania: january 1940

  • 1x3

    Romania: june 1940

  • 1x4

    Greece: october 1940

  • 1x5

    Egypt: april 1941

  • 1x6

    Egypt: september 1942

  • 1x7

    The middle east: january 1943

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