Program Title
Fortunes of War

Based On
Olivia Manning's 'The Balkan Trilogy' & 'The Levant Trilogy'

Adapted By
Alan Plater

Episodes:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Description
September 1939. War breaks out as newly married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans to Romania, where an uneasy neutrality reigns. Against the backdrop of world war, Guy and Harriet struggle to preserve their shaky relationship and, at the same time, face the challenges of living as exiles cut off from their homeland. They are constantly forced to flee the Nazi tide engulfing Europe, which takes them from Rumania to Greece and then Egypt.



Episodes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7




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