Fortunes of War

  • Premiered: Oct 1987
  • Episodes: 7
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Sunday at 21
  • Drama War

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Season 1
1x1
The Balkans: September 1939
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 1987
War breaks out as newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans, Romania, where an uneasy neutrality reigns.
1x2
Romania: January 1940
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1987
The Pringles arrive in Bucharest. But events take a dark turn after the Iron Guards assassinate the Romanian prime minister. As Guy's importance grows, Harriet wonders if he will find time for her.
1x3
Romania: June 1940
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1987
To Harriet's intense annoyance, Prince Yakimov has taken up permanent residence in the Pringle flat while they secretly shelter Sasha Drucker from the attentions of the Iron Guard.
1x4
Greece: October 1940
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1987
Guy's name is on a Gestapo death list, the Pringles' flat is ransacked, and Sasha disappears.
1x5
Egypt: April 1941
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 1987
As German troops advance into Greece and the allied forces are mobilised, Harriet's brief encounter with a young army officer comes to an end. The English community prepare to leave Athens, and Guy and Harriet escape on a derelict cargo boat.
1x6
Egypt: September 1942
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1987
After fighting in his first battle in the Western Desert, Simon Boulderstone sets out in search of his brother. Guy returns from Alexandria to take charge of the institute in Cairo.
1x7 Show finale
The Middle East: January 1943
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 1987
Neglected by Guy and weakened by illness, Harriet decides to return to England. But at the last minute, she changes her mind and on a last-minute impulse set off for Damascus.

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