Staffel 1 von World on Fire wurde am 29. September 2019 erstausgestrahlt.

Series 1 tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.

Staffel 2 von World on Fire wurde am 16. Juli 2023 erstausgestrahlt.

Series two takes viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany, and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.