Home Fires

[Whofan]

I' m wondering if anyone else has seen a drama programme in one of the SKY channels, U& Drama I think?

 

Home Fires (or as I irritate my wife by calling it Home Fries) is a 2 series, 12 episodes in total drama set in a village near an RAF fighter base focused principally in the ladies of the WI.

 

As you can imagine, there are a number of sub plots involving romances, the RAF, WI activities, families losing members in the war and a parachute factory set in the early part of the war, clinching in September 1940.

 

You might think why is he watching this obviously "woman's programme", it started with a trailer featuring what look like real hurricanes and Spitfire flying.

 

Once I saw that, and watched the first episode, I felt weirdly compelled to watch it.

 

Rivet counters (no offence!) will probably have fun pointing out the errors in wrong marks of Spitfire and hurricanes for the time period, possible errors in RAF uniforms worn, etc..

 

Most people I'm sure will just let all that wash over you, apart from the incredible representation of security at the RAF base, where WI women seem to have the run of the place including wandering among the planes, WAAF girls have affairs with seemingly every officer including the CO.

 

The last episode of the second series shows a damaged hurricane crashing into a house in the village, which might be the doctor's house where he is attending a woman giving birth.

 

Unfortunately, this cliff hanger was the last episode, as the tv channel it was originally on declined to commission a third series!

 

As I say, if only for a chortle at the portrayal of the RAF, one of those programmes you could say "I can see why they didn't want a third episode !"

Edited February 27 by Whofan

[PLC1966]

Don't forgot the girl from the Telephone exchange who joined the WAAF one day and was back in the village telephone exchange in uniform the next day for some reason...

 

My wife loved it.  The inaccuracies did grip me.  Having said that I thought there was enough in it for another series.

 

[Whofan]

5 minutes ago, PLC1966 said:

Don't forgot the girl from the Telephone exchange who joined the WAAF one day and was back in the village telephone exchange in uniform the next day for some reason...

 

My wife loved it.  The inaccuracies did grip me.  Having said that I thought there was enough in it for another series.

 

I'd forgotten the WAAF in the telephone exchange!

 

I think my wife enjoyed it, too.

 

Glad to see you thought there was enough for another series, if only to resolve the cliff hanger at the end of the second series!