Episode Two -
great fire

Thomas flees the burning city with his family. Shocked at the speed of the inferno's spread, Pepys calls on the king to address the mayor's failing efforts. Thomas' sister-in-law, Sarah, is imprisoned in Newgate as her son searches for her.

Episode Duration: 44 minutes and 14 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About Great Fire:

Watch an epic drama about the 1666 Great Fire of London, when the city burned for four days.

Andrew Buchan stars as Thomas Farriner, whose bakery in Pudding Lane was the flashpoint for the inferno.

Also starring Charles Dance and Jack Huston.

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