Wartime Farm
2012TV-14
Three historians run a farm as it would have been during WWII, when farmers toiled to feed their nation amid shortages and hardship, in this living history docuseries.
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Episodes (8)
- 1. Episode 1September 5, 201259minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
The team begins by reclaiming badlands to grow new crops and learns about Auxiliary Units, a resistance force trained to use guerrilla tactics against German invasion. - 2. Episode 2September 12, 201259minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
The team tackle the conditions faced by British farmers in 1940, when the full impact of rationing took hold and when Britain faced Nazi bombing in the Blitz. - 3. Episode 3September 19, 201258minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishTo make outbuildings habitable as refugee shelters for city dwellers fleeing the Blitz, Alex and Peter resort to the age-old craft of making tiles by hand.
- 4. Episode 4September 26, 201258minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishThe team face a WWII-style government inspection to judge their productivity; as part of a mechanization trend, they grapple with a new tractor and milking machine.
- 5. Episode 5November 3, 201258minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishMoving forward to 1942, when Hitler’s U-boats bombarded British ships and slashed imports, the team confront shortages of wood, fuel, and animal feed.
- 6. Episode 6November 10, 201257minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishFacing 1943’s dire conditions, Alex and Peter produce a hay crop from grass in the churchyard, and Ruth enlists eager children to collect herbs for medicine.
- 7. Episode 7November 17, 201258minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishThe farmers contribute to the D-Day invasion by growing flax, which was used to make parachute webbing, fighter aircraft fuselages, tents, and ropes.
- 8. Episode 8November 24, 201258minTV-14SubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishEven as the war draws to a close, the need for homegrown food grows greater than ever and lasts far after the conflict ends. The team struggle to harvest the wheat crop.
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