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Lesley Manville announced for landmark World War II BBC One drama World On Fire

Academy award-winner Helen Hunt leads stellar cast in Peter Bowker’s epic drama.

BBC One and Mammoth Screen today announced that Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets, Mad About You) leads the cast alongside Academy Award-nominated and Olivier Award-winning actress Lesley Manville (Mum, Phantom Thread) together with rising British stars Jonah Hauer-King (Little Women, Howard’s End) and Julia Brown (The Last Kingdom, Shetland) in the epic drama World On Fire by multi-award winning writer Peter Bowker (The A Word, Eric and Ernie, Occupation, Blackpool).

World On Fire is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping and resonant drama following the first year of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people drawn from Britain, Poland, France, Germany and the United States as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.

Filming begins this week in Prague and other filming locations include Manchester, London, Paris and Berlin.

World On Fire is a 7x60’ series produced by Mammoth Screen for BBC One. It is written by Peter Bowker, developed by Mammoth’s Creative Director Rebecca Keane and executive produced by Peter Bowker, Damien Timmer and Helen Ziegler for Mammoth Screen and Lucy Richer for the BBC. The Producer is Chris Clough and Adam Smith will direct episodes one, two and three.

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@moonstonecollins I blame you for this… 😭

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Lesley Manville echoes comments made Emma Thompson about Hollywood’s propensity to cast actors based on the number of followers they have on social media sites. “I won’t do social media. It’s all nonsense and I keep saying [to young actors] ‘It’s all about the acting. Let the work speak for itself. It’s not about how many Twitter followers you have.’”

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Lesley Manville as Mary Tyrone – Long Day’s Journey Into Night, by Eugene O’Neill

photo by Hugo Glendinning

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Happy Birthday to me for tomorrow 😍

Are you ready for bed? – Lesley Manville, CBeebies Bedtime Stories

A 🛏️ of your own

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Lesley Manville reading bedtime stories for kids heart I think I just found the best way to improve my english smile

A bed of your own Aunt Amelia Guess how much I love you

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“Like… I’m in love with you.” ↳ Lesley Manville and Lisa McGrillis in ‘Mum’ (2018)

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Harlots has been renewed for a third season!!!!

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Lesley Manville and Ania Sowinski in ‘The Agency’ (2018)

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“I’ll always end up being Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville. They should put that on my bus pass, shouldn’t they?”

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I love this photo! 😍 #highhopes #LaetitiaBoothBraine #mikeleigh #lesleymanville

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Stand up to cancer. It’s payback time. Lesley Manville, Michelle Dockery, Jodie Comer and Liam Neeson for Stand Up To Cancer (September, 2018)

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Stand up to win!

Lesley Manville appears in a new campaign video in the battle against cancer. Full video here.

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“I prefer lesbian, actually. And yes, thank you, I like it just fine. One day when you grow up, you’ll realise just how important that is. Being happy about what you are.” ↳ Lesley Manville in ‘Real Women’

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Cathy wearing glasses (and being adorable) – Mum, series 1 & 2

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Lesley Manville as Lydia Quigley – Harlots

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“In a circle of serious-minded people, the Kardashians are a joke, aren’t they? There’s nothing about that lot that’s not laughable. I know quite a few who just don’t do social media, and they’re the ones with actually interesting careers. The ones that are really in earnest about it. Others are flavour of the month. And once your month is up, you’re f**ked. Cause all you have is your Twitter followers, and that’s it. Just do anything but be a social media actor. It’s an empty form of acting.” - Lesley Manville (Shoot for Vanity Fair, 2018)