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Back Home

2001-10-22 · 98 min · ★ 7.5

TV Movie · Drama

The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember. Like so many other women, Peggy’s life has been transformed by the war. Living and working with good friends, she is happier than she has been for years. Yet Peggy’s life is not the only one changed by the war. Her daughter, Rusty, has just returned from the U.S., where she has been living as an evacuee for the last five years. After so long abroad, her home in England has become unrecognizable. Just as Peggy begins to restore normal family bonds, her husband returns from the war, damaged and desperate to make everything as it was before. Adapted from the novel by Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight, Mister Tom, Back Home is the story of a family who struggle to make sense of their new lives in a world irrevocably altered by the far-reaching effects of war.

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Directors
Simon Massey
Production companies
ITV, Danny Rose Productions, Strand Productions, Lucky Dog Productions
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Sarah LancashireSarah LancashirePeggy Dickinson
Jessica FoxJessica FoxVirginia 'Rusty' Dickinson
Stephanie ColeStephanie ColeThe Honourable Lady Beatrice 'Beattie' Langley
Jack PierceJack PierceMitch
Rosemary LeachRosemary LeachMrs. Dickinson
Adrian LukisAdrian LukisRoger Dickinson
Joan BlackhamJoan BlackhamMiss Bembridge

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