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Wartime Farm

Wartime Farm

TV-G2012•55m•8.8/10
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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.

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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
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2012-09-06
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2012-09-13
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2012-09-20
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2012-09-27
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2012-10-04
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2012-10-11
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
Episode 7
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.
Episode 8
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

Ruth Goodman

Herself

Alex Langlands

Himself

John Simm

John Simm

Narrator

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