Drama
Fortunes of War
1S | 7E
10/11/1987
6.4
S1E1
1. The Balkans: September 1939
5.0
10/11/1987
S1E2
2. Romania: January 1940
5.0
10/18/1987
S1E3
3. Romania: June 1940
5.0
10/25/1987
S1E4
4. Greece: October 1940
5.0
11/1/1987
S1E5
5. Egypt: April 1941
5.0
11/8/1987
S1E6
6. Egypt: September 1942
5.0
11/15/1987
S1E7
7. The Middle East: January 1943
5.0
11/22/1987
Overview
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.
