Home fires a co-production of ITV Studios and Masterpiece ; creator and lead writer: Simon Block ; directors: Bruce Goodison, Robert Quinn. [dvd] season one
Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers. A six-part series. Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Claire Calbraith, Ed Stoppard, Claire Rushbrook.
Summary:
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
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