Title: Home Fires
Genre: Period Drama
Years on Air: 2015-2016 (2 series)
Main Concept: Follows the lives of several members of the Women's Institute in the fictional rural English town of Great Paxford in Cheshire, in the early years of WWII.
Network: ITV
The show was inspired by the nonfiction book Jambusters by Julie Summers.
Starring: Francesca Annis as Joyce Cameron
Daisy Badger as Claire Hillman Wilson
Mark Bazeley as Bob Simms
Leanne Best as Teresa Fenchurch
Samantha Bond as Frances Barden
Clare Calbraith as Steph Farrow
Chris Coghill as Stanley Farrow
Ruth Gemmell as Sarah Collingborne
Frances Grey as Erica Campbell
Rachel Hurd-Wood as Kate Campbell
Leila Mimmack as Laura Campbell
Mike Noble as Spencer Wilson
Claire Price as Miriam Brindsley
Claire Rushbrook as Pat Simms
Daniel Ryan as Bryn Brindsley
Ed Stoppard as Dr. William Campbell
Fenella Woolgar as Alison Scotlock
Jodie Hamblet as Jenny Marshall
Mark Bonnar as Reverend Adam Collingborne
Mark Umbers as Nick Lucas
While the town and characters of the show are not real, the Women's Institute certainly was, and still exists as a charity organization today. Home Fires focuses on the lives of the women who are members of the Great Paxford branch of the WI. Though everyone goes through their own troubles due to the war, the WI always manages to bring everyone together for some cause or other.
Unfortunately, as good as it was, Home Fires was cancelled after just two series. I just got through watching it, and I will warn you, it ends on a cliffhanger. However, Simon Block, the creator and main writer for the show, has begun continuing the story through a book series called Keep the Home Fires Burning, which I definitely plan on reading.
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