Enemy at the Door

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.

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Seasons

1. By Order of the Fuhrer

Air Date: 1978-01-21

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.

2. The Librarian

Air Date: 1978-01-28

Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.

3. After the Ball

Air Date: 1978-02-04

The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.

4. Steel Hand from the Sea

Air Date: 1978-02-11

A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

5. The Laws and Usages of War

Air Date: 1978-02-18

British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

6. 'V' for Victory

Air Date: 1978-02-25

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.

7. The Polish Affaire

Air Date: 1978-03-04

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.

8. Officers of the Law

Air Date: 1978-03-11

A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.

9. The Jerrybag

Air Date: 1978-03-18

A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

10. Treason

Air Date: 1978-03-25

A German general arrives on a secret mission.

11. Pains and Penalties

Air Date: 1978-04-01

Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.

12. The Prussian Officer

Air Date: 1978-04-08

A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.

13. Judgement of Solomon

Air Date: 1978-04-15

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.

1. Call of the Dead

Air Date: 1980-01-05

Dr Martel has been sent to a French prison. A new Commander-in-Chief has been appointed on Guernsey.

2. Reception for the General

Air Date: 1980-01-12

Foster-Smythe has replaced Martel on the civilian controlling committee. His attitude is dangerously cavalier.

3. Angels That Soar Above

Air Date: 1980-01-19

4. No Quarter Given

Air Date: 1980-01-26

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.

5. Committee Man

Air Date: 1980-02-02

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?

6. Post Mortem

Air Date: 1980-02-09

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.

7. The Raid

Air Date: 1980-02-16

September 1942 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. On Sark a British commando raid shatters the uneasy calm.

8. Jealousy

Air Date: 1980-02-23

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.

9. War-Game

Air Date: 1980-03-01

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.

10. The Right Blood

Air Date: 1980-03-08

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.

11. From a View to a Death

Air Date: 1980-03-15

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.

12. The Education of Nils Borg

Air Date: 1980-03-22

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".

13. Escape

Air Date: 1980-03-29

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.

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Rating

8.0/10

Release Date

1978-01-28

Episodes

26 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

LWT

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