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The Great Fire (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jon Jones
Chris Hurford

Written By:
Tom Bradby
Tom Butterworth

Actors:
Polly Dartford ..... Hannah Farriner (4 episodes, 2014)
Andrew Buchan ..... Thomas Farriner (4 episodes, 2014)
Trixiebell Harrowell ..... Mary Farriner (4 episodes, 2014)
Joey Price ..... David Farriner (4 episodes, 2014)
Rose Leslie ..... Sarah (4 episodes, 2014)
Jack Huston ..... King Charles II (4 episodes, 2014)
Oliver Jackson-Cohen ..... James, Duke of York (4 episodes, 2014)
Charles Dance ..... Lord Denton (4 episodes, 2014)
William Beck ..... Richard Smith (4 episodes, 2014)
Geoff Bell ..... Wilson (4 episodes, 2014)
Daniel Mays ..... Samuel Pepys (4 episodes, 2014)
Perdita Weeks ..... Elizabeth Pepys (4 episodes, 2014)
Amy McAllister ..... Ruth (4 episodes, 2014)
Uriel Emil ..... Signor Romero (4 episodes, 2014)
Ben Crompton ..... Mr. Bagwell (4 episodes, 2014)
Sonya Cassidy ..... Catherine of Braganza / ... (3 episodes, 2014)
Susannah Fielding ..... Lady Castlemaine (3 episodes, 2014)
Richard McCabe ..... Lord Hyde (3 episodes, 2014)
David Schofield ..... Duke of Hanford / ... (3 episodes, 2014)
Will Kemp ..... Alfredo (3 episodes, 2014)
Roger Nevares ..... Spanish Ambassador Martinez (3 episodes, 2014)
Barrie Martin ..... Kings Footman / ... (3 episodes, 2014)
Antonia Clarke ..... Frances Stewart (2 episodes, 2014)
Richard Dixon ..... Lord Ashley-Cooper (2 episodes, 2014)
Jon Foster ..... John Hobbs (2 episodes, 2014)
Nicholas Blane ..... Mayor Bludworth (2 episodes, 2014)
Andrew Tiernan ..... Vincent (2 episodes, 2014)
Glenn Doherty ..... Gaoler (2 episodes, 2014)
Jennie Gruner ..... Mrs. Bagwell (2 episodes, 2014)
Gary Douglas ..... Looter / ... (2 episodes, 2014)
Andy Gathergood ..... Denton's Man (2 episodes, 2014)
Santi Scinelli ..... Pub Owner / ... (2 episodes, 2014)

Synopsis:

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September 1666 a fire started in a London bakery, on Pudding Lane. This inferno burned its way into history as the Great Fire of London, raging for four days and bringing the Capital City to its very knees. Cathedrals, shops, inns were all lost and 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants were made homeless. The Great Fire brings that history to vibrant life through the eyes of the people on the ground. A cross section of society from King Charles II, to Samuel Pepys, to Thomas Farriner the King's baker in whose premises the fire began. Written by ITV Political Editor Tom Bradby (Shadowdancer) it draws on his journalistic experience to recreate the chaos of a city imploding and the fear and rumours of treachery that took hold. This gripping new drama is from the makers of Fleming (Sky Atlantic) and the movie Mrs Brown. Featuring an all star cast, including Andrew Buchan, Jack Huston, Rose Leslie, Daniel Mays and Charles Dance.

Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 16 Oct. 2014
London, 1666:- Thomas Farriner, a widower with two young daughters, runs a bakery in Pudding Lane and turns to administrator Samuel Pepys when naval clerk Sheridan withholds payment for the bread he has supplied to the navy. Pepys cannot help though he does inform him that his brother seems to have been lost in a sea battle against the Dutch. Profligate king Charles II, in pursuit of comely Frances Stuart, holds lavish banquets he cannot afford due to the war and is rebuked by both his brother, James the duke of York, and Pepys. Lord Denton, the king's spy-master, ...
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 23 Oct. 2014
On the second day of the fire Thomas joins the mass exodus to the comparative safety of Moorfields, leaving the girls there whilst he returns to find Sarah, unaware that Denton has imprisoned her as a possible Catholic sympathizer. She is saved from being raped by Vincent, a murderer who sailed with her husband, whom he is certain is dead, before Denton releases her to steal an incriminating red box from Hanford, keeping her son David as hostage. Samuel Pepys, alarmed by the speed and growing danger of the fire, persuades king Charles to defy his fawning ministers and...
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 30 Oct. 2014
The king is angry upon learning that his ministers have not demolished houses to stem the fire and promises compensation to the householders. Sarah is caught by the Duke of Hanford trying to steal the box but on hearing that she is being blackmailed by Denton, who has her son held hostage in Newgate, lets her escape. Denton however breaks into the house and kills the duke, acquiring the document which names the king's brother James as part of the conspiracy. James explains that all he wants is for the king to convert to Catholicism and also encourages him to be seen ...
Episode #1.4 S1, Ep4 6 Nov. 2014
Queen Catherine confronts her wayward husband with the news that if the fire reaches the Tower of London it will ignite powder kegs stored there and blow up the whole city. As a result he joins James and the fire-fighters and makes sure that houses are demolished to stop the spread of the blaze, assuring compensation. Hysteria breaks out as Catholics and foreigners are accused of arson and lynched, despite Samuel Pepys's efforts to intervene. Denton rearrests Sarah, planning to use her as a scapegoat to appease the mob and the Farriners approach Pepys, whose wife ...

A fascinating insight into what really happened on the night of Sunday 2nd of September 1666, the Great fire of London in which parts of the city burned for 3 days the fire started in a bakery in pudding lane with the loss of around 6 recorded deaths and thousands of homes burnt to the ground.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2015.