Episodes
1. By Order of the Fuhrer
January 21, 1978
60 min
The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.
Guest Stars:
Brian Osborne, John Salthouse, William Morgan Sheppard, Martin Fisk, Elizabeth Bennett
2. The Librarian
January 28, 1978
60 min
Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.
Guest Stars:
Helen Shingler, Thelma Whiteley, Peter Williams, John Oxley, Simon Cadell
3. After the Ball
February 4, 1978
60 min
The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.
Guest Stars:
Ray Smith, Sheridan Fitzgerald, David Gwillim, Gregory Floy, Paul Jerricho
4. Steel Hand from the Sea
February 11, 1978
60 min
A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.
Guest Stars:
Ray Armstrong, Dave Carter, Anthony Stewart Head, Pauline Minear, Richard Borthwick
5. The Laws and Usages of War
February 18, 1978
60 min
British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.
Guest Stars:
Anthony Stewart Head, William Simons, Jonathan Kydd, Pauline Minear, Richard Borthwick
6. 'V' for Victory
February 25, 1978
60 min
Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.
Guest Stars:
Simon Gipps-Kent, Barbara Ewing, Peter Woodward, Isabelle Amyes, Ken Barker
7. The Polish Affaire
March 4, 1978
60 min
Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.
Guest Stars:
Gary Watson, Robert Flemyng, Frances Bennett, John C. Williams, Jason James
8. Officers of the Law
March 11, 1978
60 min
A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.
Guest Stars:
John Nettles, Alun Armstrong, Rod Beacham, Patricia Marks, Nicholas Barnes
9. The Jerrybag
March 18, 1978
60 min
A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.
Guest Stars:
David Beames, Martin Chamberlain, Christopher Reich, Geoffrey Freshwater, Martin Matthews
10. Treason
March 25, 1978
60 min
A German general arrives on a secret mission.
Guest Stars:
Simon Cadell, Joss Ackland, James Maxwell, John Hartley, Timothy Kightley
11. Pains and Penalties
April 1, 1978
60 min
Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.
Guest Stars:
John Normington, Betty Romaine, Peter Holt, Noel Collins, Peter Symonds
12. The Prussian Officer
April 8, 1978
60 min
A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.
Guest Stars:
Terrence Hardiman, Terence Davies, Meg Davies, Marion Mathie, Lesley Daine
13. Judgement of Solomon
April 15, 1978
60 min
Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.
Guest Stars:
Tony Scannell, Mark Buffery, Pauline Minear, Anna Keaveney, Hubert Rees
