About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. By Order of the Fuhrer
Aired 21 January 1978 • 60 min
The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.
2. The Librarian
Aired 28 January 1978 • 60 min
Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.
3. After the Ball
Aired 4 February 1978 • 60 min
The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.
4. Steel Hand from the Sea
Aired 11 February 1978 • 60 min
A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.
5. The Laws and Usages of War
Aired 18 February 1978 • 60 min
British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.
6. 'V' for Victory
Aired 25 February 1978 • 60 min
Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.
7. The Polish Affaire
Aired 4 March 1978 • 60 min
Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.
8. Officers of the Law
Aired 11 March 1978 • 60 min
A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.
9. The Jerrybag
Aired 18 March 1978 • 60 min
A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.
10. Treason
Aired 25 March 1978 • 60 min
A German general arrives on a secret mission.
11. Pains and Penalties
Aired 1 April 1978 • 60 min
Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.
12. The Prussian Officer
Aired 8 April 1978 • 60 min
A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.
13. Judgement of Solomon
Aired 15 April 1978 • 60 min
Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.