Enemy at the Door
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
Dr Martel has been sent to a French prison. A new Commander-in-Chief has been appointed on Guernsey.
Foster-Smythe has replaced Martel on the civilian controlling committee. His attitude is dangerously cavalier.
The Germans order the confiscation of all privately-owned radio receivers, so the islanders are forced to hand over their precious link with the outside world. But Captain Foster-Smythe won't be bullied and continues his campaign against the Nazis - a campaign that is doomed to fail.
In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the islanders and the Germans have a problem in common. How can Dr Martel be persuaded to rejoin the island's Controlling Committee?
His prison sentence completed, farmer Peter Porteous returns to Nazi-occupied Guernsey to settle an old score. But his encounter with Teddy Lupus leads to a murder charge - and a moral dilemma for Philip Martel.
September 1942 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. On Sark a British commando raid shatters the uneasy calm.
Hitler orders the deportation of all residents not born on the islands. Marjory Clifford writes an anonymous letter - with consequences far beyond her wildest imaginings.
In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the revival of the chess tournament between Channel Island teams brings about an unexpected and, in Richter's view, a highly inflammatory outcome.
The visit by a high-ranking SS officer to Nazi-occupied Guernsey on a mysterious personal mission gives Reinicke a chance to ingratiate himself, but it brings tragedy for Betty Ridge.
While working on the construction of a German gun site in Nazi-occupied Guernsey, a Russian prisoner of war kills a guard and escapes. But those who shelter him run terrible risks.
April 1943 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. A neutral Swedish journalist arrives in Guernsey at the invitation of Goebbels to gather material for an article on what the Germans regard as a "model occupation".
Drama series set during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. April 1943. Peter Porteous takes advantage of the predicament of another farmer and makes a bid for freedom.
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.
Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.
The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.
A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.
British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.
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.
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.
A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.
A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.
A German general arrives on a secret mission.
Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.
A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.
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.
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Release | 1978-01-28 |
| Producer | LWT |