The first episode of a television drama series based on the occupation by the Nazis of the Channel Islands during the Second World War. This episode focuses on 1940.

Part 2: Cecily Brown, the librarian, tries to stop the Nazi destruction of books.

The Germans arrange a dance. But the propaganda exercise misfires and a soldier goes on trial.

A British landing on Guernsey goes tragically awry.

British troops attempt an amphibious assault on Guernsey.

Winter 1940, during the Nazi Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Kommandant orders a crackdown on civil disobedience. A young boy unwittingly aids the Germans.

Winter 1940. To counteract cold and hunger, the islanders plan to present an Ivor Novello comedy. But echoes of a death in Latvia seven years ago disturb the plans.

A German general arrives on a secret mission.