1 Season
7 Episode
Fortunes of War - Season 1 Episode 1 The Balkans: September 1939
Set in the Balkans 1939. Newly weds Guy and Harriet Pringle journey to Bucharest where Guy is a lecturer of English Literature. Impoverished Prince Yakimov arrives in the city and struggles to find financial support, but a temporary job as a Fleet Street journalist could save him from destitution. Harriet befriends bourgeoisie Bella and members of the British Legation.
- Year: 1987
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: spy, based on novel or book, resistance, world war ii, bucharest, romania, lecturer, 1940s, activist, anti-fascism
- Director:
- Cast: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Graves, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay, Robert Stephens