Fortunes of War (TV series)
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Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War.[1] 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[2] as his wife Harriet. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson met filming the TV series and married in real life.[3] Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves.
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Fortunes of War | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Olivia Manning (novels) Alan Plater (adaptation) |
Directed by | James Cellan Jones |
Starring | Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Ronald Pickup Robert Stephens Alan Bennett Rupert Graves |
Composer | Richard Holmes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Betty Willingale |
Production locations | Greece (1 month), Egypt (2 months), Yugoslavia (2 months), Ealing Studios (interior shots) |
Cinematography | David Feig John Record |
Editor | Tariq Anwar |
Running time | 60 minutes (per episode) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1, in association with WGBH-Boston and Primetime Television |
Release | 11 October (1987-10-11) ā 22 November 1987 (1987-11-22) |
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