World on Fire The new BBC WWII drama starring Helen Hunt - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity World on Fire The new BBC WWII drama starring Helen Hunt By You Magazine - October 12, 2018 Lovers of a gripping BBC drama, we’ve found something amazing to add to your upcoming viewing list. The channel has commissioned a new landmark series by Peter Bowker (who also wrote The A Word, Marvellous, and Eric And Ernie), and it’s just been confirmed that Helen Hunt will be taking the lead. World on Fire will be a World War II epic, telling the story of the global conflict through the lives of ordinary people from all sides, in countries including Britain, Poland, France, Germany and the United States. The first series will be comprised of seven episodes and tell the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain. Getty Images Oscar winner Helen will star alongside a stellar cast including Olivier Award-winning actress (Mum, Phantom Thread), and rising Brit actors Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women, Howard’s End) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom, Shetland). ‘World On Fire tells the hidden human stories within the big historical events we think we know,’ explained Peter in a BBC release. ‘These are the stories of the ordinary people who shaped our world. Stories of loyalty and brutality, courage and fear, hopes, stories of love and loss, hopes and dreams forged in extraordinary times.’ Getty Images Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, added: ‘Pete’s funny, humane and poignant writing gives us a perspective on those early days of the Second World War which we have never seen before.’ Filming for the show starts this week in Prague, and the shoot will also use locations including Manchester, London, Paris and Berlin. Sadly, there’s no word from the BBC yet as to when World on Fire will hit our screens – but based on that synopsis, it can’t come soon enough! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved