Fortunes of War
TV Show| Title | Fortunes of War |
| User score | 6.4 |
| Release date | Oct 11, 1987 |
| Release date of last episode | Nov 22, 1987 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Production country | United Kingdom |
| Production companies | GBH, BBC |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 7 |
| Run time | 60 min. |
Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. 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 as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S1.E7 ∙ The Middle East: January 1943
Nov 22, 1987
S1.E6 ∙ Egypt: September 1942
Nov 15, 1987
S1.E5 ∙ Egypt: April 1941
Nov 8, 1987
S1.E4 ∙ Greece: October 1940
Nov 1, 1987
S1.E3 ∙ Romania: June 1940
Oct 25, 1987
S1.E2 ∙ Romania: January 1940
Oct 18, 1987
S1.E1 ∙ The Balkans: September 1939
Oct 11, 1987
