421:
382:
368:
225:
to become a doctor in the show's final season. Sidney, who was too young at the start of the series to register for military service, resented being unable to serve but signed up for the
462:
496:
511:
501:
491:
506:
178:) was a doctor who ran a family medicine clinic in a working class downtown neighbourhood with nurse Marge (Sheila Moore), and was married to housewife Hannah (
481:
486:
455:
168:
273:
237:. Jakob was Hannah's nephew, a Polish refugee who had come to live with his aunt and uncle in Canada to escape the rising tide of European
448:
281:
174:
Created and written by Jim Purdy and Peter Such, the series centred on the Lowes, a family in
Toronto. Patriarch Arthur Lowe (
210:
241:
in the leadup to the war; initially a supporting character, he became much more prominent after Sidney's enlistment.
226:
313:
198:
148:
145:
44:
348:
333:
295:
193:
As the series progressed, storylines increasingly focused on Arthur and Hannah's children Terry (
420:
428:
401:
373:
277:
249:
179:
36:
432:
406:
318:
230:
222:
152:
106:
475:
387:
238:
194:
175:
40:
32:
367:
218:
214:
202:
164:
48:
245:
206:
205:) shortly before he was shipped off to serve in the war, where he was killed at
156:
363:
331:"The Home Fires continue to flicker Wendy Crewson stars in CBC's WWII saga".
234:
213:
before taking a job as a welder in an aircraft factory, where she became a
346:"Popular mini-series dominates ACTRA awards: Empire earns big dividend".
395:
160:
187:
183:
201:) and nephew Jakob (Gil Yaron). Terry married her boyfriend Graeme (
217:
organizer. She entered a new relationship with Bruce McLeod (
293:"Leaky CBC drama department plugs a hole with Home Fires".
221:), a war correspondent, and ultimately decided to attend
233:, but eventually returned to Toronto with a new British
436:
270:
Turn Up the
Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952
229:
when he reached enlistment age. He was captured as a
112:
102:
97:
89:
84:
73:
62:
54:
28:
21:
248:as Best Continuing Television Performance at the
456:
8:
463:
449:
18:
167:, and took its name from the expression "
497:1983 Canadian television series endings
309:
307:
305:
261:
512:Canadian drama television series stubs
502:1980s Canadian drama television series
492:1980 Canadian television series debuts
252:in 1984 for the show's final season.
7:
507:World War II television drama series
417:
415:
274:University of British Columbia Press
482:CBC Television original programming
435:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
427:This article relating to a drama
419:
380:
366:
16:Canadian television drama series
487:Television shows set in Toronto
74:
63:
1:
155:from 1980 to 1983. It was a
211:Canadian Women's Army Corps
169:keep the home fires burning
528:
414:
316:, "We'll Keep a Welcome".
209:; she then served in the
227:Royal Canadian Air Force
151:series, which aired on
337:, September 24, 1982.
299:, February 23, 1980.
322:, November 8, 1980.
146:Canadian television
349:The Globe and Mail
334:The Globe and Mail
296:The Globe and Mail
268:Mary Jane Miller,
444:
443:
429:television series
374:Television portal
250:13th ACTRA Awards
180:Kim Yaroshevskaya
137:
136:
126:November 17, 1983
55:Country of origin
37:Kim Yaroshevskaya
519:
465:
458:
451:
423:
416:
390:
385:
384:
383:
376:
371:
370:
353:
352:, April 4, 1984.
344:
338:
329:
323:
311:
300:
291:
285:
266:
133:
131:
123:
121:
116:November 9, 1980
98:Original release
76:
65:
19:
527:
526:
522:
521:
520:
518:
517:
516:
472:
471:
470:
469:
431:in Canada is a
412:
386:
381:
379:
372:
365:
362:
357:
356:
345:
341:
330:
326:
319:TV Guide Canada
312:
303:
292:
288:
267:
263:
258:
244:Crewson won an
231:prisoner of war
186:immigrant from
129:
127:
125:
119:
117:
47:
43:
39:
35:
17:
12:
11:
5:
525:
523:
515:
514:
509:
504:
499:
494:
489:
484:
474:
473:
468:
467:
460:
453:
445:
442:
441:
424:
410:
409:
404:
392:
391:
377:
361:
360:External links
358:
355:
354:
339:
324:
301:
286:
284:. pp. 179-180.
260:
259:
257:
254:
223:medical school
197:) and Sidney (
153:CBC Television
135:
134:
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
95:
94:
91:
87:
86:
82:
81:
78:
71:
70:
67:
60:
59:
56:
52:
51:
30:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
524:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
480:
479:
477:
466:
461:
459:
454:
452:
447:
446:
440:
438:
434:
430:
425:
422:
418:
413:
408:
405:
403:
399:
398:
394:
393:
389:
388:Canada portal
378:
375:
369:
364:
359:
351:
350:
343:
340:
336:
335:
328:
325:
321:
320:
315:
310:
308:
306:
302:
298:
297:
290:
287:
283:
282:9780774802789
279:
275:
271:
265:
262:
255:
253:
251:
247:
242:
240:
239:anti-Semitism
236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
204:
200:
196:
195:Wendy Crewson
191:
189:
185:
181:
177:
176:Gerard Parkes
172:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
147:
143:
142:
115:
111:
108:
105:
101:
96:
92:
88:
83:
79:
72:
68:
61:
57:
53:
50:
46:
42:
41:Wendy Crewson
38:
34:
33:Gerard Parkes
31:
27:
24:
20:
437:expanding it
426:
411:
396:
347:
342:
332:
327:
317:
294:
289:
269:
264:
243:
219:Booth Savage
215:labour union
203:Jeff Wincott
199:Peter Spence
192:
173:
165:World War II
140:
139:
138:
90:Running time
49:Jeff Wincott
45:Peter Spence
22:
314:Wayne Grady
246:ACTRA Award
157:family saga
77:of episodes
476:Categories
397:Home Fires
256:References
141:Home Fires
130:1983-11-17
120:1980-11-09
93:60 minutes
85:Production
66:of seasons
23:Home Fires
407:TVArchive
235:war bride
276:, 1987.
29:Starring
163:during
161:Toronto
159:set in
128: (
124: –
118: (
113:Release
103:Network
280:
207:Dieppe
188:Poland
184:Jewish
144:was a
58:Canada
182:), a
149:drama
433:stub
402:IMDb
278:ISBN
400:at
171:".
107:CBC
75:No.
64:No.
478::
304:^
272:.
190:.
80:31
464:e
457:t
450:v
439:.
132:)
122:)
69:4
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.