Wartime Farm (2012)
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn turn back the clock to run Manor Farm in Hampshire exactly as it would have been during World War II.
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Episodes
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1. Episode 12012-09-06 · 55mReclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
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2. Episode 22012-09-13 · 55mThe team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
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3. Episode 32012-09-20 · 55mThe team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
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4. Episode 42012-09-27 · 55mThe team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
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5. Episode 52012-10-04 · 55mThe team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
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6. Episode 62012-10-11 · 55mThe team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
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7. Episode 72012-10-18 · 55mThe team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
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8. Episode 82012-10-25 · 55mThe team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.
Cast
Peter GinnHimself
Ruth GoodmanHerselfAlex LanglandsHimself
John SimmNarratorImages
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