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"The World at War" Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (TV Episode 1974) Poster

(TV Series)

(1974)

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Angus Calder ... (writer)

Cast (in credits order)  

Laurence Olivier ... Self - Narrator (voice)
George Hodgkinson George Hodgkinson ... Self - Chairman, Coventry War Emergency Committee (as Alderman G. Hodgkinson)
Gwen Bunt Gwen Bunt ... Self - Plymouth Resident (as Mrs Gwen Bunt)
Lord Chandos Lord Chandos ... Self - War Cabinet 1942-45
Mrs. Herma Wolfgang Mrs. Herma Wolfgang ... Self - Resident Alien (as Mrs Herma Wolfgang)
Trevor Evans Trevor Evans ... Self (as Sir Trevor Evans)
Emanuel Shinwell Emanuel Shinwell ... Self - Minister of Fuel & Power (as Lord Shinwell)
Anthony Eden ... Self - War Cabinet 1940-45 (as Lord Avon)
J.B. Priestley J.B. Priestley ... Self - Broadcaster / Novelist
Bill Roberts Bill Roberts ... Self - Betteshanger Miner
David Hewetson David Hewetson ... Self - Bevin Boy 1943-1947
Michael Foot Michael Foot ... Self - Acting Editor, Evening Standard 1942
R.A. Butler R.A. Butler ... Self - Minister of Education (as Lord Butler)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Beveridge William Beveridge ... Self - Economist / Socialist (archive footage) (as Sir William Beveridge)
Stafford Cripps Stafford Cripps ... Self - Ambassador to Russia 1940-1942 (archive footage) (as Sir Stafford Cripps)
Tom Driberg Tom Driberg ... Self (as Tom Driberg M.P.)
Cecil King Cecil King ... Self - Director, Daily Mirror
Frederick Marquis Frederick Marquis ... Self - Minister of Food 1940-1943 (archive footage) (as Lord Woolton)
Bernard Miles ... Self (archive footage)
Lord Beaverbrook ... Self - Minister of War Production (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ernest Bevin ... Self - British statesman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill ... Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gracie Fields ... Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Formby ... Self - Entertainer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tommy Handley Tommy Handley ... Radio Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myra Hess ... Self - British pianist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Horner Arthur Horner ... Self - N.U.M. Labor Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Herbert Morrison ... Self - Minister of Supply (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt ... Self - Communist Party Secretary 1929-1956 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin ... Self - Secretary General (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Jeremy Isaacs ... series producer
Phillip Whitehead ... producer

Music by 

Carl Davis

Editing by 

Alan Afriat

Production Management 

Liz Sutherland ... unit manager

Sound Department 

Gordon Temple ... dubbing mixer

Music Department 

Carl Davis ... music

Script and Continuity Department 

Jerome Kuehl ... script associate

Additional Crew 

Roger Chinery ... laboratory liaison
Raye Farr ... film research
Noble Frankland ... historical advisor
Isobel Hinshelwood ... stills researcher
Susan McConachy ... researcher
Antonio Pinto Marques ... production staff (uncredited)

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