We welcome back Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of the PBS drama series MASTERPIECE and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! for a preview of new and continuing dramas with a special focus on WORLD ON FIRE, now in its second season on PBS MASTERPIECE.  

Created by Peter Bowker, WORLD ON FIRE is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping, and resonant World War II drama that follows the intertwining fates of ordinary people in multiple countries as they grapple with the effects of war on their everyday lives. Season 2 picks up in late 1940, taking viewers from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands of the North African desert—where troops struggle to adapt to a very different kind of combat.

0:08 Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters

1:12 - WORLD ON FIRE Synopsis

5:02 - Susanne Simpson MASTERPIECE season 2023-2024 highlights

6:49 - NOLLY w/Helena Bonham Carter

8:56 - Telling the story of World War 2 through individual lives

15:09 - WORLD ON FIRE production, writer and scholar

18:51 - Producing a global multilingual series

22:58 - Strong and Interesting Women in WORLD ON FIRE

27:12 - Marga's Story and Nazi Germany's Lebensborn Program

35:35 - Watch and Stream WORLD ON FIRE

35:56 - Like, Share, Subscribe this podcast

37:30 - Disclaimer

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