About the TV Show
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Fortunes of War
First Air Date: October 11, 1987
| First Aired on | : | 1987 |
| Status | : | Ended |
| Created By | : | |
| Networks | : | BBC One |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Seasons/Episodes | : | 7 episodes in 1 Seasons |
Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.
Seasons
Main Actors
Emma Thompson
Character : Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
Character : Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves
Character : Simon Boulderstone
Ronald Pickup
Character : Prince Yakimov
Charles Kay
Character : Dobson
Robert Stephens
Character : Bill Castlebar
Ronald Fraser
Character :
Alan Bennett
Character : Lord Pinkrose
Vernon Dobtcheff
Character :
Caroline Langrishe
Character : Bella Niculescu
Mark Drewry
Character : Dubedat
James Villiers
Character : Inchcape
Greg Hicks
Character : Aidan Pratt
Esmond Knight
Character : Liversage
Ciaran Madden
Character : Angela Hooper
Richard Clifford
Character : Lawson
Elena Secota
Character : Sophie Oresanu
Christopher Strauli
Character : Toby Lush
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