Great Fire of London both recorded the events and their own reactions day by day, and made great efforts to keep themselves informed of what was happening all over the City and beyond. After two rainy summers in 1664 and 1665, London had lain under an exceptional drought since November 1665, and the wooden buildings were tinder-dry after the long hot summer of 1666. A fire broke out at Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane a little after midnight on Sunday 2 September. The family was trapped upstairs but managed to climb from an upstairs window to the house next door, except for a
Andrew Buchan 2014 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. In July 2014 Buchan starred alongside Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's eagerly anticipated political thriller "The Honourable Woman". This was broadcast on both BBC2 in the UK and the Sundance channel in the USA. In October 2014 he starred in ITV's "The Great Fire", portraying Thomas Farriner, the baker from Pudding Lane. In 2015 it was announced that Buchan was cast as the lead role in TNT drama pilot "Home" alongside Bethany Joy Lenz. Unfortunately "Home" was not subsequently serialised and remains unaired. On Christmas Day 2016 the lavish dramatisation of Jasper