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Is the series Home Fires based on a book?

The series is based on the bestselling factual book by Julie Summers about the role the WI played during the conflict. Julie Summers was born in Liverpool but grew up in Cheshire, where the Home Fires series was set and filmed.

How many Home Fires books are there?

Keep the Home Fires Burning (4 book series) Kindle Edition.

Is there a sequel to Home Fires?

Even though Season 2 of Home Fires ended with a cliffhanger, there will be no more episodes in the series. The producers had originally intended on producing a third season—and maybe even continuing it beyond that—but the show was cancelled in the UK.

Who wrote Jambusters?

Julie Summers
Jambusters: The Remarkable Story which Has Inspired the ITV Drama Home Fires/Authors
Julie Summers (born 1960) is an English author, historical consultant and writer, best known for the book Jambusters. The book focuses on several women who were members of the Women’s Institute during World War II and who were inspiration for the ITV series Home Fires.

What is the order of the Home Fires books?

Home Fires

  • Keep the Home Fires Burning (2017)
  • A Woman’s War (2019)
  • A Woman’s Courage (2020)

Why was home fires Cancelled?

The network explained the cancellation with the statement that “the ITV commissioning team continues to refresh the channel’s drama portfolio, hence the decision not to commission a further new series.” Perhaps ITV felt that there are enough wartime dramas or shows about pastoral British towns and wanted to try …

Is there a season 3 to Home Fires?

Home Fires, The Final Season: Coming April 2nd.

What happened to the series Home Fires?

Home Fires launched in May 2015 and ran for two years, but the series was cancelled by ITV in 2016, despite a growing audience and Season 2’s massive cliffhanger ending. The TV series’ writer Simon Block previously revealed that he was just as surprised as fans were when the show was cancelled in 2016.

How many seasons of home fires were made?

2
Home Fires (British TV series)

Home Fires
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Francis Hopkinson Catherine Oldfield Rebecca Eaton

Who is the author of the book Home Fires?

Recently she published Fashion on the Ration, a book that looks at what we wore during the Second World War. Her book Home Fires, the story of the WI in wartime, has inspired Masterpiece’s new Fall 2015 drama series HOME FIRES, featuring Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis and many others.

Where did the Home Fires series take place?

– The Economist Julie Summers was born in Liverpool but grew up in Cheshire, where the Home Fires series was set and filmed. Her first book, Fearless on Everest, published in 2000, was a biography of her great uncle, Sandy Irvine, who died on Everest with Mallory in 1924.

Who are the actors in the series Home Fires?

‘ Home Fires: Francesca Annis and Samantha Bond head the cast of this classy period piece about the friendships and hardships of a Women’s Institute group in Cheshire during World War II. The series is based on the bestselling factual book by Julie Summers about the role the WI played during the conflict.’

What’s the story of how Jambusters became home fires?

The story of how Jambusters became Home Fires is told in the first chapter of the US edition. The book itself is an historical non-fiction account of how the Women’s Institute of England and Wales pulled together in the early months of the Second World War and overcame bureaucratic…