Wartime Farm

S01E06: Episode 6

The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.

Overview

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.

Episodes

Episode 1

S01E01 Episode 1

September 6, 2012 9.0 55 min
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
Episode 2

S01E02 Episode 2

September 13, 2012 10.0 55 min
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
Episode 3

S01E03 Episode 3

September 20, 2012 9.0 55 min
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
Episode 4

S01E04 Episode 4

September 27, 2012 10.0 55 min
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
Episode 5

S01E05 Episode 5

October 4, 2012 9.0 55 min
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
Episode 6

S01E06 Episode 6

October 11, 2012 55 min
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
Episode 7

S01E07 Episode 7

October 18, 2012 55 min
The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
Episode 8

S01E08 Episode 8

October 25, 2012 55 min
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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