Enemy at the Door

All Episodes 1978 - 1980

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  • 1978-01-21T19:30:00Z
  • 1h
  • 1d 2h (26 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • London Weekend Television (LWT)
  • Drama, War
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.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1978-01-21T19:30:00Z

1x01 By Order of the Fuhrer

Series Premiere

1x01 By Order of the Fuhrer

  • 1978-01-21T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1978-01-28T19:30:00Z

1x02 The Librarian

1x02 The Librarian

  • 1978-01-28T19:30:00Z1h

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

1978-02-04T19:30:00Z

1x03 After the Ball

1x03 After the Ball

  • 1978-02-04T19:30:00Z1h

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

1978-02-11T19:30:00Z

1x04 Steel Hand from the Sea

1x04 Steel Hand from the Sea

  • 1978-02-11T19:30:00Z1h

A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

1x05 The Laws and Usages of War

  • 1978-02-18T19:30:00Z1h

British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

1978-02-25T19:30:00Z

1x06 'V' for Victory

1x06 'V' for Victory

  • 1978-02-25T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1978-03-04T19:30:00Z

1x07 The Polish Affaire

1x07 The Polish Affaire

  • 1978-03-04T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1978-03-11T19:30:00Z

1x08 Officers of the Law

1x08 Officers of the Law

  • 1978-03-11T19:30:00Z1h

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

1978-03-18T19:30:00Z

1x09 The Jerrybag

1x09 The Jerrybag

  • 1978-03-18T19:30:00Z1h

A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

1978-03-25T18:30:00Z

1x10 Treason

1x10 Treason

  • 1978-03-25T18:30:00Z1h

A German general arrives on a secret mission.

1978-04-01T18:30:00Z

1x11 Pains and Penalties

1x11 Pains and Penalties

  • 1978-04-01T18:30:00Z1h

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

1978-04-08T18:30:00Z

1x12 The Prussian Officer

1x12 The Prussian Officer

  • 1978-04-08T18:30:00Z1h

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

Season Finale

1978-04-15T18:30:00Z

1x13 Judgement of Solomon

Season Finale

1x13 Judgement of Solomon

  • 1978-04-15T18:30:00Z1h

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.

Season Premiere

1980-01-05T19:30:00Z

2x01 Call of the Dead

Season Premiere

2x01 Call of the Dead

  • 1980-01-05T19:30:00Z1h

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

1980-01-12T19:30:00Z

2x02 Reception for the General

2x02 Reception for the General

  • 1980-01-12T19:30:00Z1h

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

1980-01-19T19:30:00Z

2x03 Angels That Soar Above

2x03 Angels That Soar Above

  • 1980-01-19T19:30:00Z1h

1980-01-26T19:30:00Z

2x04 No Quarter Given

2x04 No Quarter Given

  • 1980-01-26T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1980-02-02T19:30:00Z

2x05 Committee Man

2x05 Committee Man

  • 1980-02-02T19:30:00Z1h

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?

1980-02-09T19:30:00Z

2x06 Post Mortem

2x06 Post Mortem

  • 1980-02-09T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1980-02-16T19:30:00Z

2x07 The Raid

2x07 The Raid

  • 1980-02-16T19:30:00Z1h

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

1980-02-23T19:30:00Z

2x08 Jealousy

2x08 Jealousy

  • 1980-02-23T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1980-03-01T19:30:00Z

2x09 War-Game

2x09 War-Game

  • 1980-03-01T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1980-03-08T19:30:00Z

2x10 The Right Blood

2x10 The Right Blood

  • 1980-03-08T19:30:00Z1h

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.

1980-03-15T19:30:00Z

2x11 From a View to a Death

2x11 From a View to a Death

  • 1980-03-15T19:30:00Z1h

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.

2x12 The Education of Nils Borg

  • 1980-03-22T18:30:00Z1h

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".

Season Finale

1980-03-29T18:30:00Z

2x13 Escape

Season Finale

2x13 Escape

  • 1980-03-29T18:30:00Z1h

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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