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World on Fire | A Recap of Season 1

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for World on Fire Season 1.

It’s been more than three years since MASTERPIECE aired Season 1 of World on Fire in 2020 — so don’t worry if you don’t remember exactly what happened in the first season. But rest assured: we’ve got you covered. With Season 2 of World on Fire just around the corner, let’s go back to the beginning and make sure we’re all caught up on every stolen glance, every failed mission, and every one of Robina’s withering comments as we prepare to parachute back into World on Fire.

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0:00.0

Immersive cultural enrichment on board and on shore, freshly prepared regional cuisine,

0:08.2

Viking sails the rivers of the world and takes travelers to the heart of iconic destinations,

0:13.8

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0:17.6

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0:22.4

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0:23.4

Featuring insights from leading professionals, you'll get the latest in wealth management,

0:27.8

market commentary, and engaging research.

0:30.8

Listen today at RaymondJames.com slash podcast.

0:37.8

I'm Jay Slaykov and you're listening to Masterpiece Studio.

0:42.5

Society standing on a precipice, looking into the abyss of the unknown, strangers united

0:48.7

against the unknowable outcome of a world-changing series of events, misinformation, politicization,

0:57.6

strife, and caught in the middle of this conflict, the everyday citizens of the world at large.

1:04.5

These are the tensions that helped to power the adrenaline-fueled propulsion of wartime

1:08.8

drama World on Fire, created by Peter Balker.

1:14.9

There is no singular location in World on Fire, which instead ricochets wildly around

1:20.0

Europe to tell the stories of an interconnected group of soldiers, widows, mothers, waitresses,

1:26.5

RAF pilots, singers, nurses, and refugees.

1:30.8

The stories of these disparate individuals unite to paint a vivid and often turbulent

1:35.1

picture of the first year of World War II.

1:38.5

Season 1 of World on Fire follows characters in Warsaw, Manchester, Berlin, and Paris, as

1:43.8

normal life in the Interregnum period is quickly corroded by the destruction and violence

1:48.2

of the Nazis.

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