[1][2][3] In 1940, John Elwyn Jones (Huw Garmon), a Welsh soldier from the British Army, is captured during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War, and send to the prisoner-of-war camp in eastern Germany.
[1][2] The miniseries was based on the diary of John Elwyn Jones, a soldier of the British Army who served during the Second World War.
The cinematography was done by Ryszard Lenczewski, music by Michał Lorenc, editing by Glyn Shakeshaft, scenography by Jacek Osadowski, and costumes by Andrzej Szenajch and Renata Własow.
The miniseries depicted John Elwyn Jones and Celina Musiał getting married in 1943 and within hours of their wedding discovered by German soldiers, and subsequently separated and sent back to the prisoner camps.
After learning of it, Peter Edwards, the director of Bride of War, planned to rewrite and reshoot the series to include the fact of Celina's survival, however, John Elwyn Jones told him that he was no longer interested in the project.