Wartime Farm
Season 12012
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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8 Episodes
E01 Episode 1
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
September 6, 2012
E02 Episode 2
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
September 13, 2012
E03 Episode 3
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
September 20, 2012
E04 Episode 4
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
September 27, 2012
E05 Episode 5
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
October 4, 2012
E06 Episode 6
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
October 11, 2012
E07 Episode 7
The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
October 18, 2012
E08 Episode 8
The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.
October 25, 2012