The Great FireMiniseries

A fascinating insight into what really happened on the night of Sunday 2nd of September 1666, the Great fire of London in which parts of the city burned for 3 days the fire started in a bakery in pudding lane with the loss of around 6 recorded deaths and thousands of homes burnt to the ground.

4 Episodes

  • Part 1
    A1
    Part 1Thomas Farriner returns home to Pudding Lane to find the bakery ablaze and his two daughters asleep upstairs, unaware of the raging inferno below.
  • Part 2
    A2
    Part 2As the fire gains strength, Thomas bursts into Sarah's lodgings to lead his family to safety. The King follows Samuel Pepys' advice to survey the damage for himself.
  • Part 3
    A3
    Part 3The King is angry to learn that his orders to create fire-breaks have been ignored. Thomas finally finds Sarah on the streets and together they find shelter from the inferno.
  • Part 4
    A4
    Part 4Thomas has to reveal to Sarah that her husband Will is not dead but has run off to the colonies.
  • Andrew BuchanThomas Farriner
  • Trixiebell HarrowellMary Farriner
  • Polly DartfordHannah Farriner
  • Joey PriceDavid Farriner
  • Rose LeslieSarah
  • Geoff BellWilson
  • Jack HustonKing Charles II
  • William BeckRichard Smith
  • Oliver Jackson-CohenJames, Duke of York
  • Charles DanceLord Denton
  • Daniel MaysSamuel Pepys
  • Perdita WeeksElizabeth Pepys
  • Amy McAllisterRuth
  • Uriel Emil PollackSignor Romero
  • Ben CromptonMr Bagwell
  • Gina CronkProducer
  • Lucy BedfordExecutive Producer
  • Douglas RaeExecutive Producer
  • Dominic HymanProduction Design
  • Will NewtonArt Direction

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