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| Fortunes of War | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning |
| Written by | Alan Plater |
| Directed by | James Cellan Jones |
| Starring | Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Ronald Pickup Robert Stephens Alan Bennett Rupert Graves |
| Composer | Richard Holmes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Betty Willingale |
| Production locations | Greece (1 month), Egypt (2 months), Yugoslavia (2 months), Ealing Studios (interior shots) |
| Cinematography | David Feig John Record |
| Editor | Tariq Anwar |
| Running time | 60 minutes (per episode) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1, in association with WGBH-Boston and Primetime Television |
| Release | 11 October – 22 November 1987 |
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Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War.[1] It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson[2] as his wife Harriet. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson met filming the TV series and married in real life.[3] Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves.
- ^ Elkin, Lauren. "Olivia Manning, Married to the War". thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast Company LLC. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ Langley, William. "Emma Thompson: Can she cut it on the stage?". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ Marsden, Sam. "Emma Thompson: I have made my peace over Kenneth Branagh's affair". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 15 June 2015.