An Englishman's Castle (1978)
- Genre
- drama, sci-fi & fantasy
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 3 episodes
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a 1970s where Nazi Germany won World War II, a writer works on a soap opera that shows a fictional Nazi invasion of London. His daily life under a fascist government becomes complicated when he faces pressures from the regime.
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What happens
An Englishman's Castle is a BBC television serial first broadcast in 1978, written by Philip Mackie and directed by Paul Ciappessoni. The story was set in an alternative history 1970s, in which Nazi Germany won World War II and England is run by a collaborationist fascist government. Peter Ingram (Kenneth More) is a writer for a soap opera (also called An Englishman's Castle), which is set in London in 1940, during the fictional Nazi invasion and subsequent occupation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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