Joe Maddison, a ship-builder from Tyneside, struggles to find his place in World War II after losing his faith in the trenches of World War I. He joins the Home Guard with his friends, but their anti-authoritarian attitude causes tension with their commander. After being reinstated and promoted to Corporal, Joe meets a widow who helps him heal, but his family is torn apart by his wife's return with a child from a sailor.
Joe Maddison's War
Joe Maddison, a Tyneside ship-builder, struggles with his faith after the traumatic experience of the Somme in 1916. As World War II erupts, he's deemed too old to fight alongside his son and son-in-law, and instead remains in a reserved occupation, his life forever changed by the loss of hi...
