Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 13 · Episode 9

Flames of War

S13E09·November 20, 1994·50m·BBC Two

A film about the horrors of the English Civil War, using letters, diaries and memoirs of ordinary people in 17th-century England. The historical characters of Parliamentarian Lord Saye and Sele, and Royalist Sir Edmund Verney, are represented by their own descendants. Other characters - a soldier, a lawyer, and a political activist - are represented by their modern day counterparts.

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