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Enemy at the Door

TV·1978–1980·2 seasons, 26 episodes·ITV1·Drama, War & Politics·1h

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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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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1978AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01By Order of the FuhrerJanuary 21, 1978The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This
  2. S01E02The LibrarianJanuary 28, 1978Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.
  3. S01E03After the BallFebruary 4, 1978The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.
  4. S01E04Steel Hand from the SeaFebruary 11, 1978A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.
  5. S01E05The Laws and Usages of WarFebruary 18, 1978British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.
  6. S01E06'V' for VictoryFebruary 25, 1978Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwitti
  7. S01E07The Polish AffaireMarch 4, 1978Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven year
  8. S01E08Officers of the LawMarch 11, 1978A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.
  9. S01E09The JerrybagMarch 18, 1978A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.
  10. S01E10TreasonMarch 25, 1978A German general arrives on a secret mission.
  11. S01E11Pains and PenaltiesApril 1, 1978Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.
  12. S01E12The Prussian OfficerApril 8, 1978A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.
  13. S01E13Judgement of SolomonApril 15, 1978Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous a

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes1980AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Call of the DeadJanuary 5, 1980Dr Martel has been sent to a French prison. A new Commander-in-Chief has been appointed on Guernsey.
  2. S02E02Reception for the GeneralJanuary 12, 1980Foster-Smythe has replaced Martel on the civilian controlling committee. His attitude is dangerously cavalier.
  3. S02E03Angels That Soar AboveJanuary 19, 1980
  4. S02E04No Quarter GivenJanuary 26, 1980The Germans order the confiscation of all privately-owned radio receivers, so the islanders are forced to hand over their precious link with
  5. S02E05Committee ManFebruary 2, 1980In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the islanders and the Germans have a problem in common. How can Dr Martel be persuaded to rejoin the island's Cont
  6. S02E06Post MortemFebruary 9, 1980His prison sentence completed, farmer Peter Porteous returns to Nazi-occupied Guernsey to settle an old score. But his encounter with Teddy
  7. S02E07The RaidFebruary 16, 1980September 1942 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. On Sark a British commando raid shatters the uneasy calm.
  8. S02E08JealousyFebruary 23, 1980Hitler orders the deportation of all residents not born on the islands. Marjory Clifford writes an anonymous letter - with consequences far
  9. S02E09War-GameMarch 1, 1980In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the revival of the chess tournament between Channel Island teams brings about an unexpected and, in Richter's view
  10. S02E10The Right BloodMarch 8, 1980The visit by a high-ranking SS officer to Nazi-occupied Guernsey on a mysterious personal mission gives Reinicke a chance to ingratiate hims
  11. S02E11From a View to a DeathMarch 15, 1980While working on the construction of a German gun site in Nazi-occupied Guernsey, a Russian prisoner of war kills a guard and escapes. But t
  12. S02E12The Education of Nils BorgMarch 22, 1980April 1943 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. A neutral Swedish journalist arrives in Guernsey at the invitation of Goebbels to gather ma
  13. S02E13EscapeMarch 29, 1980Drama series set during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. April 1943. Peter Porteous takes advantage of the predicament of another

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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