S01 Episode 1
The Balkans: September 1939
War breaks out as newly-married Guy and Harriet Pringle set out on a journey across Europe and into the heart of the Balkans, to Romania, where an uneasy neutrality reigns.
54 mins · Sun, 11 Oct 1987
S01 Episode 2
Romania: January 1940
The Romanian prime minister has been assassinated by the fascist Iron Guard, and Bucharest is rife with rumour and counter-rumour; Harriet is beginning to wonder when Guy will find time for her amongst his intellectual friends.
53 mins · Sun, 18 Oct 1987
S01 Episode 3
Romania: June 1940
To Harriet's intense annoyance, Prince Yakimov has taken up permanent residence in the Pringle flat while they secretly shelter Sasha Drucker who is in hiding from the Iron Guard; France has fallen and Romania is forging an alliance with the Germans.
53 mins · Sun, 25 Oct 1987
S01 Episode 4
Greece: October 1940
Unwittingly betrayed by Prince Yakimov, Guy's name has appeared on a Gestapo `death list'; the Pringle flat is ransacked and Bucharest is overrun by Germans; Harriet, alone, waits anxiously for Guy to join her in Athens.
54 mins · Sun, 1 Nov 1987
S01 Episode 5
April 1941
After their unceremonious arrival in Cairo, Guy and Harriet are forced to stay in an old brothel. Guy struggles to find work when it emerges that an old adversary is in charge of the English School. The Germans close in and Simon experiences the harsh realities of war.
1 h 0 mins · Sun, 8 Nov 1987
S01 Episode 6
Egypt: September 1942
After fighting his first battle in the Western desert, Simon Boulderstone sets out in search of his brother, only to learn that he was killed in action; guy returns from Alexandria to take charge of the Institute in Cairo.
53 mins · Sun, 15 Nov 1987
S01 Episode 7
The Middle East: January 1943
Neglected by Guy and weakened by illness, Harriet decides to return to England; unbeknownst to Guy, on a last-minute impulse she sets off for Damascus instead; news reaches Guy that the ship Harriet was to have sailed on has been torpedoed.
53 mins · Sun, 22 Nov 1987
