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  1. Joe Maddison's War is a 2010 television film written by Alan Plater about strained family and social relations in wartime. Directed by Patrick Collerton and filmed partly on location in South Shields, it presents a view of World War II through the eyes of shipyard worker and World War I veteran Joe Maddison (played by Kevin Whately) who serves ...

  2. Sep 19, 2010 · Joe Maddison's War: Directed by Patrick Collerton. With Sammy T. Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter. Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916.

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    • Drama, War
    • Patrick Collerton
    • 2010-09-19
  3. Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.

    • Patrick Collerton
    • 2
    • Melanie Hill
  4. In the last days of peace before the Second World War, shipyard worker Joe Maddison finds himself at a crossroads. Just days after his daughter Sheila's wedding, Joe's wife Polly...

  5. Sep 19, 2010 · Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in the war, and he’s shocked when his wife leaves him for a younger naval officer. Needing a new challenge, Joe and his friend Harry reluctantly volunteer to join the Home Guard.

  6. Kevin Whately. Joe Maddison. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Joining the home guard after his wife leaves him for a sailor, Joe becomes a local hero. As the war winds down, his...

    • Drama, War
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  8. Harry's anti-authoritarian attitude causes problems with Mr. Simpson, the company commander, and Joe leads the men out on strike after Harry is expelled. However, after he has dealt with an unexploded bomb, he is acclaimed a hero, and, along with his friends, reinstated, being promoted to Corporal.