World On Fire season 2

PBS
2023

PBS
2023

Summary Set during World War II, the drama written by Peter Bowker follows the lives of British Army translator Harry Chase (Jonah Hauer-King); his Polish lover Kasia (Zofia Wichłacz;, Lois (Julia Brown), his girlfriend in Manchester; American journalist Nancy Campbell (Helen Hunt); American surgeon Webster O’Connor (Brian J. Smith) and his love...

Created By: Peter Bowker

PBS
2023

PBS
2023

World On Fire

Season 2

Season Premiere: 2023

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Created By: Peter Bowker

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Episode 1 • Jul 16, 2023 • 55 m

Wrong

Harry has a second chance at saving Kasia from Warsaw. In Manchester, could Lois be set for happiness at last?

Episode 2 • Jul 16, 2023 • 57 m

Episode #2.2

As Harry struggles to adapt to the reality of desert combat, Lois still longs to leave home. In Paris, Henriette is in grave danger, and a mysterious stranger arrives at Robina's.

Episode 3 • 2023 • 57 m

Episode #2.3

As Stan and Rajib make a hasty retreat across the desert, Marga reasserts her commitment to the führer. Meanwhile, David is in peril in the skies over France.

Episode 4 • 2023 • 57 m

Episode #2.4

As Kasia takes on her first assignment as an agent, Rajib's military values are tested. Meanwhile, a familiar face comes to David's aid.

Episode 5 • 2023 • 56 m

Episode #2.5

Tragedy strikes at the heart of Harry's unit as the siege drags on in Tobruk. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by more of the horrors of the war. In France, romance blossoms between David and Henriette.

Episode 6 • 2023 • 57 m

Episode #2.6

Harry returns to Manchester, but Kasia is determined to leave. In Europe, Marga and Henriette must each make their escape, while north Africa becomes even more brutal for Rajib.

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Salon

Oct 16, 2023

Like Season 1, there are a few times when the coincidences that put everyone in the right place at the right time can strain credibility. But somehow, the series never feels like it's trying to do too much, even when it is obviously straining VFX budgets to the limit.

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Jul 17, 2023

In the wrong hands, World on Fire could well be very boring – the Second World War is not exactly new narrative territory. But Bowker makes both the grand narratives and the minutiae equally vivid and stirring, and it becomes impossible not to be enraptured by at least one of them.

By Emily Baker FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Jul 17, 2023

I have been slightly spoiled for second world war dramas by the gregarious SAS: Rogue Heroes, and this does not share that bounce or spirit. But it does have an immaculate grasp of tension and character. As this is war, people come and go; they live and they die. By the end of the opening episode, I was fully invested in their fates.

By Rebecca Nicholson FULL REVIEW

The Times

Jul 19, 2023

I'm not sure how many viewers will stick it through six episodes, which is a shame, because it gets better as the series progresses, the finale making a clear nod to another series. Luckily the performances of Wichlacz, Manville and Jonah Hauer-King as Harry are enough of an incentive to keep watching for now. And here's another: Mark Bonnar will be in it soon.

By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

Jul 17, 2023

The drama feels at its most refreshingly different when telling these other stories in Hindi or German or Polish. When we’re brought back to Lois, things feel disappointingly pedestrian.

By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW

Radio Times

Jul 14, 2023

The truth is, if you were a big fan of the first season or are an avid connoisseur of World War Two dramas, then you'll still almost certainly find a lot to like here, not least in the immersive nature of the piece. It's just that for the rest of us, a series such as this needs a strong USP – and attempting to do everything may not cut the mustard.

By James Hibbs FULL REVIEW

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Top Cast

Jonah Hauer-King

Harry Chase

Lesley Manville

Robina Chase

Eryk Biedunkiewicz

Jan Tomaszeski

Zofia Wichlacz

Kasia Tomaszeski

Julia Brown

Lois Bennett

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Connie Knight, Connie

Eugénie Derouand

Henriette, Henriette Guilbert

Mateusz Wieclawek

Grzegorz Tomaszeski

Parker Sawyers

Albert Fallou

Blake Harrison

Stan, Stan Raddings

Ewan Mitchell

Tom Bennett, Tom

Helen Hunt

Nancy Campbell

Sean Bean

Douglas Bennett

Max Riemelt

Schmidt

Ahad Raza Mir

Rajib, Rajid

Gregg Sulkin

David

Brian J. Smith

Webster O'Connor

Johannes Zeiler

Uwe Rossler

Grace Chilton

Joyce

Victoria Mayer

Claudia Rossler

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