Wartime Farm
TV-G2012•55m•8.8/10
RealityDocumentary
Ratings
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8.8/10(8)
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.
Production
Lion Television
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 6, 2012
Last Aired
October 25, 2012
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2012-09-06
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2012-09-13
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2012-09-20
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2012-09-27
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2012-10-04
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2012-10-11
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2012-10-18
The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 2012-10-25
The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.
Cast
Peter Ginn
Himself
Ruth Goodman
Herself
Alex Langlands
Himself
John Simm
Narrator
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