S01E01 1
Bert is the second oldest man in Britain, and a film is being made about his life and his village. He takes us back to the summer of 1914, when he was 12 years old.
The Village
S01E04: 4
Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.
Overview
The Village tells the story of life in a Derbyshire village through the eyes of a central character, Bert Middleton.
Episodes
S01E02 2
It is January 1915; the Middleton farm has fallen on very hard times, and John is drinking heavily. A strange incident then takes place at the manor house.
S01E03 3
Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.
S01E04 4
Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.
S01E05 5
Joe's brief leave is over. He has tried hard to conceal his shell shock but Grace knows that something is wrong. Bert's actions have disastrous consequences for the family.
S01E06 6
The war is over, and the village tries to come to terms with its loss. The debate over how best to honour their dead divides the community.
Cast
Maxine Peake
Grace Middleton
John Simm
John Middleton
Emily Beecham
Caro Allingham
Augustus Prew
George Allingham
Annabelle Apsion
Margaret
Rupert Evans
Edmund Allingham
Anthony Flanagan
Arnold Hankin
Ainsley Howard
Norma
David Ryall
Old Bert Middleton
Joe Armstrong
Bairstow
Jim Cartwright
Peter
Scott Handy
Robin Lane
