The sweeping story down the generations of the Simon family, Heimat: A German Chronicle cuts a swathe through 20th-century German history. Its focus on the minutiae of everyday life ironically provides a broader picture of society than the stereotypical images of Germany often portrayed on screen.

PART ONE: 1919-1928
Friday 27 May 9pm-11pm
Fernweh (The Call of Faraway Places), 119 minutes

PART TWO: 1928-1933
Sunday 29 May 9pm-10.30pm
Die Mitte der Welt (The Centre of the World), 89 minutes

PART THREE: 1935
Friday 3 June 9pm-10pm
Weihnacht wie noch nie (The Best Christmas Ever), 58 minutes

PART FOUR: 1938
Sunday 5 June 9pm-10pm
Reichshöhenstrasse (The Highway), 58 minutes

PART FIVE: 1938-1939
Friday 10 June 9pm-10pm
Auf und davon und zurück (Up and Away and Back), 58 minutes

PART SIX: 1943
Sunday 12 June 9pm-10pm
Heimatfront (Home Front), 58 minutes

PART SEVEN: 1944
Sunday 19 June 9pm-10pm
Die Liebe der Soldaten (Soldiers and Love), 58 minutes

PART EIGHT: 1945-1947
Friday 24 June 9pm-10.45pm
Der Amerikaner (The American), 102 minutes

PART NINE: 1955-1956
Friday 1 July 9pm-11.15pm
Hermännchen (Little Hermann), 138 minutes

PART TEN: 1967-1969
Sunday 3 July 8.40pm-10pm: 2am-3.25am
Die stolzen Jahre (The Proud Years), 81 minutes

PART ELEVEN: 1982
Friday 8 July 9pm-10.40pm
Das Fest der Lebenden und der Toten (The Feast of the Living and the Dead), 100 minutes

 Heimat Homepage

Heimat 3 Project Website (English)
Details of Heimat 3 in development, episode guides and background info

Die Heimat 1-2-3 (English)
Fansite with an introduction to and discussion about each episode

Official Heimat 3 Website (German)
Details of Heimat 3, plus screenplays and photos from all three series

Edgar Reitz - A Short Biography
English biography of Heimat's creator

The Nazis, Communism and Everything
The Guardian interviews Edgar Reitz

Fantasy Worlds and Realism
Goethe Institut articles on the Heimat (homeland) film genre