The Night Watch
Adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters. Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, it follows four young Londoners linked by their wartime experiences.
Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, this adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, The Night Watch, follows four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual morality and social convention have been broken down, Kay, Helen, Viv and Duncan enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
Moving back in time through the 1940s into the maelstrom of the Blitz, the lives, loves and losses of these four central characters are unravelled. For them, the post-war victory is bittersweet, for it returns them to the margins of society, from which they hoped they had been liberated. In order to build their future they must each make peace with their past.
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Helen rescued from the rubble
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The Night Watch Compilation
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Kay Langrish | Anna Maxwell Martin |
Helen Giniver | Claire Foy |
Vivian Pearce | Jodie Whittaker |
Julia Standing | Anna Wilson-Jones |
Duncan Pearce | Harry Treadaway |
Robert Fraser | JJ Feild |
Reggie Nigri | Liam Garrigan |
Nancy Carmichael | Claudie Blakley |
Horace Mundy | Kenneth Cranham |
Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
Director | Richard Laxton |
Writer | Paula Milne |
Author | Sarah Waters |