The Magnolia Award-winning British drama returns! The war drama “Born in the Flames of War” is back in smoke

Famous English drama producerPeter BockAfter four years of absence from the first season, the first-hand World War II drama “The Fire Embraces”, the second season premiered and went live exclusively today in response to the “reminder” expectations of thousands of viewers.

“Born in the Flames of War” first aired in 2019, and with its unique perspective on war, it became a topic of conversation when it started.

“Born in the Fire of War” was selected for Best Overseas TV Series at the 26th Shanghai TV Festival's Magnolia Awards due to its excellent production.

In the UK, the first season of “War in Flames” was nominated for the British Radio Journalists' Union Award for Best Series in 2020, and the second season attracted over 3 million viewers.

In the past, World War II was mostly written from an elite perspective, focusing on spectacular scenes and wartime heroes. “Born in the Flames of War” focused on ordinary people in the war, from the perspective of British interpreter Harry, to describe the courage and betrayal that was buried in smoke during World War II.

In 1940, the battlefield in North Africa began, the flames of war are still raging, and the story continues...

“Born of Fire” tells the story of Harry, an English interpreter, who was sent to work in Poland. Under the premise that he already had an English girlfriend Lois, Harry falls in love with a local girl, Cassia.

Also, due to the need to take Cassia to escape the war, she married her under extreme circumstances.

Cassia asked her brother to leave, and she joined a local resistance group in Poland.

After her country broke down and her family died, Cassia learned to seduce and shoot the German army in World War II, but fate teased her, and she met Harry again and was brought back to relatively peaceful Manchester.

In September 1939, World War II began.

In 1940, the Battle of France began, the Great Retreat of Dunkirk occurred, the Battle of Britain began, and the battle raged to North Africa...

After being baptized by war, Cassia has transformed into an excellent female fighter.

Harry's indecisiveness caused an undercurrent under the calm exterior of this decent Manchester middle class family.

As soon as the new war book arrived, Harry immediately went to the African continent.

Lois was inspired by the promotional film and then headed to the rear of the battlefield.

Cassia doesn't want to be a greenhouse, so she wants to join the British intelligence service.

Under the “high pressure” of war, everyone chose to “flee”. Only Harry's mother, Robina, supported the Manchester mansion on her own, and maintained the last dignity of an English lady in an abnormal world.

The meaning of fighting is not limited to defending the country; it can also do whatever it takes to protect your loved ones.

In the second season, the three main characters will continue to practice this code to find meaning in a troubled world.

The first season of “The Flames of War” featured many impressive characters. The father played by “Bento King” Sean Bean experienced World War I and spent his whole life working for peace.

The German factory owner joined the Nazi Party to protect his wife and daughter, but he was still trampled to death with an iron fist.

Despite pressure from Germany, American journalists sought to report on the “real war.”

In addition to the story framework of the first season, “Born in the Fire of War” still uses the story of one country and one line.

A French nurse and black musician in an occupied zone, a pilot who participated in the British Air War, a German girl willing to give birth to purebred Aryan descendants for the empire, an Indian military officer with a delicate status...

They are individuals, the personification of national consciousness. Their stories are sobbing and tear-jerking.

The drama's consistent purpose is to portray ordinary, great, and historically unknown wartime women.

Peter Bowker read the women's diaries in the Imperial War Museum's collection. He intended to give the female characters in the series the same fortitude and courage. At that time, women had to take on more social rules because they were clearly told “what they can” and “what they can't do.”

Praising heroes glorifies war, and only by reflecting the ups and downs of the fate of mortal people can war be truly taken seriously.

Individuals in war will be foolish, appeal, evade, cover up, and stand up again after being defeated time and time again.

In World War II — hailed as the darkest point in human history, their resistance group was the spark that broke the darkness.

After the second season of “Born in Flames” aired, one fan wrote, “The first season was so amazing that it almost blew me away. I don't know how to watch the full season; the first episode brought tears to my eyes”.

The second season of “Born in Flames of War” was supposed to meet viewers in 2021.

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, Peter Bowker had to revise part of the plot to cope with limited production plans.

The pandemic made the hope of filming in many places unattainable, but with the support of special effects and makeup, the second season still created an African desert ravaged by wind and sand.

The North African battlefield in the series was actually built in a former Michelin factory in Northern Ireland.

During the shooting, the factory was covered with yellow sand, and it took about three to four minutes to run from one end to the other.

A large number of explosive dramas made the actors experience the battlefield and the horror of war in an immersive situation.

Thanks to its excellent scene construction, “War in Flames” was once again nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for Best Visual Effects after the first season.

At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has also given Peter Bock more empathy in his life: “I feel like an individual in the world. Although I am small, the whole world breathes and shares the same destiny.”

The series also focuses on two storylines rarely touched on in series of the same genre: “Fountain of Life,” a eugenics program in Nazi Germany, and the British Indian army, which also participated in World War II.

The blind listening of German teenagers to the Nazis, the complex feelings of the Indians about the British colonies, and their unique philosophy of life will all be shown in the story.

After the second season premiered, Lesley Manville, one of the actors of “Born in Flames of War,” praised the drama as “The Story of Timely Rain, a Story We Need to Remember.”

Britain's “Guardian” commented that it was “a perfect grasp of tension and characters.”

Britain's “Daily Telegraph” commented, “This World War II drama found a new entry point into the conflict; it is definitely not a conventional story about hometown love triangles.”

Watching for peace amidst the flames of war is everyone's earnest expectation. Although the plot of “Born in the Flames of War” takes place in the past, the love, family, and friendship, and the helpless choices ordinary people can make in the face of the torrents of the times still have a deafening and realistic significance.