Island at War is a British television series first broadcast on ITV on July 11, 2004. The series tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, and primarily focuses on three local families: the upper-class Dorrs, the middle-class Mahys and the working-class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the...
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Island at War is a British television series first broadcast on ITV on July 11, 2004. The series tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, and primarily focuses on three local families: the upper-class Dorrs, the middle-class Mahys and the working-class Jonases, and four German officers. The fictional island of St. Gregory serves as a stand-in for the real-life islands Jersey and Guernsey, and the story is compiled from the events on both islands.
Island at War had an estimated budget of £9,000,000 (about US$16,000,000) and was filmed on location in the Isle of Man from August 2003 to October 2003. When the series was shown in the UK, it appeared in six 70-minute episodes. It was also aired in the United States as 5 x 90-minute episodes, as part of Masterpiece Theatre, beginning on January 23, 2005.
James Dorr is a member of the St. Gregory Senate, and is the deputy bailiff of the island’s government. His family is well-known and respected; both his father and...
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