Home Fires TV show image courtesy of ITV.
You can’t keep the home fires burning in UK. The Home Fires TV show has been cancelled by ITV. Actor Daniel Ryan, who played Bryn Brindsley in the World War II era drama, broke the bad news on Twitter. His tweet reads: “So, it is with huge sadness I must tell you that #HomeFires has been cancelled. Awful to leave stories untold and lives incomplete. Sorry.”
Executive producer Catherine Oldfield also tweeted about the Home Fires cancellation, saying: “So very sorry that #Homefires won’t be back. We loved making the show & that it was well received by so many made it all the more special.” The Home Fires cast also includes: Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ruth Gemmell, Claire Rushbrook, Ed Stoppard, Chris Coghill, Clare Calbraith, Fenella Woolgar, Mark Bazeley, and Mike Noble. Many of them have tweeted about the cancellation, too.
The second season of the Home Fires TV series is set during the summer of 1940. The village of Great Paxford is caught up in the the Battle of Britain. Two weeks after the defeat at Dunkirk, with the German army advancing through France, Britain braces itself for invasion.
Home Fires season two ended on a cliffhanger, with a plane nose-diving into a home in the village.
Here are some of the tweets on Home Fire‘s cancellation.
https://twitter.com/_DanielRyan/status/730365719125299201
So very sorry that #Homefires won't be back. We loved making the show & that it was well received by so many made it all the more special.
— Catherine Oldfield (@catoldfield) May 11, 2016
We're all heartbroken at the decision from the channel. #homefires is no more. . thank you for your extraordinary support .. so sorry xx
— Leroy Peterson (@lryp14) May 11, 2016
Devastated we can't complete the #homefires story. The most incredible cast and crew ever. Apparently 6m wonderful viewers not enough.
— Sophie Bicknell (@SophieBicknell) May 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/markumbers/status/730370363713060866
Radio Times reports ITV has confirmed it cancelled Home Fires. “An ITV spokesman said: ‘We are incredibly proud of what Home Fires has achieved, but the ITV commissioning team continues to refresh the channel’s drama portfolio, hence the decision not to commission a further new series’.”
The Radio Times poll currently shows 97% of respondents disagree with ITV’s decision to cancel Home Fires. Fans are petitioning ITV via Change.org, to recommission Home Fires for a third season. As of this writing, it has 7,463 signatures. In the US, the first season of Home Fires premiered on PBS in October, 2015.
What do you think? Are you a fan of Home Fires? Should the Home Fires TV show have been cancelled or renewed? Let us know, below.
Disappointed and frustrated about Home Fires being canceled and leaving the viewers hanging. This certainly does not make be want to watch another series if there is not a conclusion
Really cruel it end it without tying up loose ends.
I loved Home Fires. Why would you cancel such a great show. I’m heart broken; please reconsider bringing it back. It ended with no ending……..
WHY? For heaveb’s sake WHY? Loved this show. Bring it back…bring it back…bring it back !!!!
SO disappointed, I have recommended this series to so many friends. Who have also enjoyed it. I felt as satisfied and fulfilled as if I was watching Downtown Abbey. Home Fires is such a great great story. I hope someone reconsiders. I also read could get on E Books, can ‘t find it, and can’t find it in paperback as I had read would be available on another website. SO SO DISSAPOINTED!
Loved this show. Was really appreciating the acting and story line. Bring it back, Please.
Bring it back, please! This show is amazing!
As you already have half of a third season written seems like completing another season wouldn’t be such a burden for you all and your loyal viewers would so appreciate it! I really loved the show, the writing, the acting, the costumes, everything about it really was just superb!
Other side of the pond – just finishing up season 1. Was hoping for at least season 3… sad
Even one more season could’ve provided the many many fans of “Home Fires” with a reasonable ending. One less excellent drama to watch. Sad!
I love the show and feel sad that it has been cancelled. Very few good quality shows to watch on TV, and now there’s less with the cancelation of Home Fires.
Oh No – PLEASE PLEASE finish season three. Loved Home Fires all the way over here in NZ.
Everybody sign up and get all your friends and all your families to join in.
https://www.change.org/p/itv-itv-must-recommission-homefires
Home Fires was a remarkable drama that gave Americans like me (born after WWII) much insight into what the British people suffered and how they lived during that period of history. The acting and scripts were wonderful. I am so sad to learn there will not be a season 3. Please reconsider.
We love HomeFires and are so disappointed with this decision… reverse Please! Can’t imagine what you are thinking… wonderful storyline,actors,scenery…. gripping.