The Great Fire (miniseries)

The Great Fire is a four part mini-series first shown on ITV television in 2014. It is set during the Great Fire of London in England in 1666. It was written by Tom Bradby and produced by Ecosse Films. Each hour-long (including commercial breaks) episode is set in one day of the fire.

Cast

Filming Locations

Cobham Hall was used to film some of the London street scenes and Penshurst Place in Kent doubled as the exterior of the King's palace.[1]

Events

The series portrays events from the point of view of the Farriner family, in whose bakery on Pudding Lane the fire started, and from the point of view of the royal court in responding to the fire.

The storyline includes events which are not recorded from the real fire. The fire was shown as starting when Farriner's daughter left the oven's stoke-hatch open and the fire ejected a hot ember which ignited loose straw on the wooden floor. It suggests Farriner had a contract to supply baked goods to the Royal Navy and was suffering financial difficulties as a result of the Navy persistently delaying payment. It also follows a sub-plot in which there is a suspected Catholic plot to kill King Charles II in which the Farriners become suspected of complicity.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Great Fire (2014)". Kent Film Office.
  2. ↑ Rahim, Sameer (16 October 2014). "The Great Fire review, ITV: 'historical hokum". The Daily Telegraph (London).

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