Home Fires

Created by Catherine Oldfield

On ITV1

A period drama about rural English women sustaining community and each other through WWII's separation and hardship, balancing warmth and melancholy across a short, canceled run.

The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.