BBC One is gearing up for a brand new epic wartime drama, World On Fire. We take you through all the key locations for this forthcoming series. Where is World On Fire on BBC One filmed? Filming began for World On Fire in Prague in October 2018, and continued in Manchester. Here’s how the locations […]
BBC One is gearing up for a brand new epic wartime drama, World On Fire.
We take you through all the key locations for this forthcoming series.
Filming began for World On Fire in Prague in October 2018, and continued in Manchester.
Here’s how the locations were used for filming this new series starring Helen Hunt and Sean Bean.
Adam Smith, director of the first two episodes of World on Fire, confirmed that the show was filmed largely in Prague in the Czech Republic and was a location used to recreate Paris, Berlin and Warsaw.
He said: “Prague was amazing to work in, with some fantastic locations. They were so varied and so different. We built a big set of Warsaw. We tried to get as much real locations as we could, then add CGI [computer-generated imagery] on top.”
Helen Ziegler, one of the show’s executive producers, said that the set team did an amazing job of replicating Warsaw – pre and post-bombing – in Prague.
She explained: “They’d found these incredible factory ruins, and then we built some of the Warsaw set beyond it, so you had these perfect streets, then as you told the story of [the war in] Warsaw, we pulled apart the set and destroyed it, and then revealed the ruins beyond.
“It was such a clever way of showing that. You’d walk along this beautiful set and feel like you were there.
“Warsaw was just the most incredible, vibrant, glamorous city in 1939, and we wanted to show that joy of the city before the war began.”
The rest of the filming was done in Manchester.
The Castlefield area was turned into the backdrop for a World War Two drama.
Filming took place around Duke Street and Castle Street.
As the new series was shot, locals reported seeing actors in authentic costumes, while classic motor cars and buses could be seen along the cobbled streets.
The epic drama series is set to premiere on BBC One in autumn 2019.
An actual release date has not been announced yet.
We do know that the World War II show will consist of seven one-hour episodes.
