An Englishman's Castle is a BBC television serial first broadcast in 1978 which was written by Philip Mackie. The story was set in an alternate history 1970s, in which Nazi Germany has won World War II and occupied England. Peter Ingram (Kenneth More) is a writer for a soap opera (which is also called An Englishman's Castle), which is set in London during The Blitz and subsequent Nazi occupation.
He is oblivious to Nazi rule, which is hidden behind a facade of seemingly normal English daily life. As is mentioned in historical references, the occupation was followed by several years of guerrilla warfare, which culminated in an amnesty which enabled the resisters to resume normal daily life in return for accepting the reality of German occupation - which they generally did, feeling that further resistance was futile.
The series takes place in the 1970s of this timeline, parallel to the time it was made. A kind of normality was restored, with few Germans to be seen in the streets, and German rule being maintained mainly through an extensive system of collaborators. When dissidents are detained it is done by polite, soft-spoken English police - but they are then delivered to horrible torture in Gestapo chambers which are kept discreetly out of sight.
Ingram gradually becomes aware of the real state of things. First, he encounters his superiors' firm objection to the inclusion of the Jewish character in the series. Having such a character would violate the official policy of letting the extermination of the Jews remain a secret which nobody talks of openly. Then, Ingram discovers that the woman he is involved with is a hidden Jewish member of the Underground. Eventually, his loyalties are tested and he sides with the resistance. In the closing scenes of the final episode, an anti-Nazi revolution/rebellion breaks out. Ingram loads a gun and awaits his fate, which is undisclosed.
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