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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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2012-09-06Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2012-09-13The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2012-09-20The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2012-09-27The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2012-10-04The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2012-10-11The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2012-10-18The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2012-10-25The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.