Season 1

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  7.5/1052 votes

  By Order of the Fuhrer

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/1978

  The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.

  Director: Bill Bain

  Writer: Michael Chapman

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  7.7/1046 votes

  The Librarian

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/1978

  Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.

  Director: Tony Wharmby

  Writer: N.J. Crisp

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  8.4/1050 votes

  After the Ball

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/1978

  The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.

  Director: Christopher Hodson

  Writer: James Doran

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  7.6/1045 votes

  Steel Hand from the Sea

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/1978

  A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

  Director: Christopher Hodson

  Writer: Kenneth Clark

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  7.8/1042 votes

  The Laws and Usages of War

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/1978

  British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

  Director: Christopher Hodson

  Writer: Kenneth Clark

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  7.8/1044 votes

  'V' for Victory

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/1978

  Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.

  Director: Bill Bain

  Writer: Robert Barr

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  7.5/1042 votes

  The Polish Affaire

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/1978

  Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.

  Director: Christopher Hodson

  Writer: Michael Chapman

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  8.0/1049 votes

  Officers of the Law

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/11/1978

  A new German drug is needed to save the life of a Guernsey boy. Some of the tablets go missing.

  Director: Jonathan Alwyn

  Writer: James Doran

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  8.2/1047 votes

  The Jerrybag

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/18/1978

  A German soldier and an Island girl fall in love.

  Director: Bill Bain

  Writer: N.J. Crisp

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  7.7/1045 votes

  Treason

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/25/1978

  A German general arrives on a secret mission.

  Director: Jonathan Alwyn

  Writer: Kenneth Clark

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  7.5/1039 votes

  Pains and Penalties

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/1/1978

  Edward Bree and his mother are evicted to make way for a gun emplacement.

  Director: Bill Bain

  Writer: John Kershaw

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  8.1/1043 votes

  The Prussian Officer

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/1978

  A new adjutant arrives. He knows something about Reinicke's past.

  Director: Jonathan Alwyn

  Writer: James Doran

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  8.3/1040 votes

  Judgement of Solomon

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/1978

  Last programme in the first season. A British destroyer has been sunk by a new, fast German torpedo boat. Clare Martel and Petere Porteous are determined top get details of the vessel to London.

  Director: Bill Bain

  Writer: Michael Chapman