Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestDrama 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.
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.
Acting
Alfred Burke's morally weary German commander steals every scene
Writing
Refuses easy heroes—everyone's hands get dirty
Production
Jersey standing in for Guernsey—locals STILL salty about it
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Channel Islands occupation remains contentious territory—this 1978 dramatization aired while many islanders who lived it were still alive and watching.
Anthony Head's debut role here launched a career that would eventually include Buffy's Giles—quite the arc from hunted resistance fighter to watcher of vampires.
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