Enemy at the Door

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV.

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British - Television - London Weekend Television - ITV

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The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German military occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. Many episodes portrayed the balance of power and fragile harmony between the islanders and the German occupying forces, and how it was threatened by either resistance action or over-zealous clamping down by the Germans.

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1978 - 1980 - German - Military - Guernsey - Channel Islands - Second World War

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The islanders were chiefly represented by the respected local doctor, Philip Martell (Bernard Horsfall), who struggled to maintain the peace while the Germans were led by Major Dieter Richter (Alfred Burke), who was inclined to be lenient on the Guernsey populace but whose approach was challenged by his more conventionally "nasty" SS counterpart Hauptmann Reineke (Simon Cadell).

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Bernard Horsfall - Alfred Burke - Simon Cadell

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The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Stewart Head as a member of the island resistance.

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