Wartime Farm, is an eight-part British historical docuseries in which the running of a farm during the Second World War is reenacted. First broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012.
Episode 1Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
Episode 2
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Episode 2This focuses around food rationing and preparations for the winter of 1940. Under growing pressure from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Food, the team has to make tough decisions over which livestock the farm should continue to rear.
Episode 3
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Episode 3With German air raids causing unprecedented damage to Britain's major cities in the winter of 1940, the residents of Manor Farm are instructed to make preparations for an influx of evacuees from London, Portsmouth and Southampton.
Episode 4
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Episode 4As Europe falls to the Nazis and British trade vessels are diverted to send supplies to the Russians, the British government tightens its grip on farms like Manor Farm, expecting more and more home-grown food, drink and clothing.
Episode 5
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Episode 5The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
Episode 6
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Episode 6The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
Episode 7
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Episode 7The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
Episode 8
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Episode 8Episode 8 1945 - In this final episode, the team faces a harvest under the conditions of summer 1945. Five years of constant farming have degraded the quality of Britain's fields, threatening crop yields.
Cast of Season 1
Peter GinnHimself
Ruth GoodmanHerself
Alex LanglandsHimself
John SimmNarrator
Emma WillisProducer
David UpshalProducer
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