Enemy at the Door
Enemy at the Door

Enemy at the Door

1978 2 Seasons 26 Episodes ⭐ 8.2 Drama War & Politics

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

By Order of the Fuhrer

The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Se

EP 2

The Librarian

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

EP 3

After the Ball

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

EP 4

Steel Hand from the Sea

A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

EP 5

The Laws and Usages of War

British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

EP 6

'V' for Victory

Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience.

EP 7

The Polish Affaire

Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death

EP 8

Officers of the Law

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

EP 9

The Jerrybag

A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

EP 10

Treason

A German general arrives on a secret mission.

EP 11

Pains and Penalties

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

EP 12

The Prussian Officer

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

EP 13

Judgement of Solomon

Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel a

EP 1

Call of the Dead

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

EP 2

Reception for the General

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

EP 3

Angels That Soar Above

EP 4

No Quarter Given

The Germans order the confiscation of all privately-owned radio receivers, so the islanders are forced to hand over thei

EP 5

Committee Man

In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the islanders and the Germans have a problem in common. How can Dr Martel be persuaded to rejo

EP 6

Post Mortem

His prison sentence completed, farmer Peter Porteous returns to Nazi-occupied Guernsey to settle an old score. But his e

EP 7

The Raid

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

EP 8

Jealousy

Hitler orders the deportation of all residents not born on the islands. Marjory Clifford writes an anonymous letter - wi

EP 9

War-Game

In Nazi-occupied Guernsey the revival of the chess tournament between Channel Island teams brings about an unexpected an

EP 10

The Right Blood

The visit by a high-ranking SS officer to Nazi-occupied Guernsey on a mysterious personal mission gives Reinicke a chanc

EP 11

From a View to a Death

While working on the construction of a German gun site in Nazi-occupied Guernsey, a Russian prisoner of war kills a guar

EP 12

The Education of Nils Borg

April 1943 in the Nazi-occupied Channel Islands. A neutral Swedish journalist arrives in Guernsey at the invitation of G

EP 13

Escape

Drama series set during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. April 1943. Peter Porteous takes advantage of the pr

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