6. Fortunes of War

Our sixth episode focuses on the criminally overlooked wartime saga
Fortunes of War, starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh as
newlyweds Harriet and Guy Pringle who find themselves continually
evaded the German advance across Europe, from Romania, to Greece to
Egypt. Directed by James Cellan Jones and adapted by Alan Plater,
from as many as six books by Olivia Manning, Fortunes of War offers
an epic treatise on love, commitment and the human spirit and a
stunning guest cast of memorable supporting characters played by
Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay, Philip Madoc, Clifford Rose, Ciaran
Madden, Robert Stephens and Alan Bennett. Despite several BAFTA
awards for Thompson, it's design and costumes, Fortunes rarely, if
ever, makes it into books on TV drama or onto lists of the best
British TV series and Andy in particular, who is a big fan of the
series, wants answers! Next episode: GBH