Northern illinois farm life in wartime 1944 duration. In episode one, we see our three protagonists, historian ruth. Wartime farm ruth finds out how britain coped with shortages of the wood vital for the war effort in the building of aircraft, ships and rifles, as well as pit props for crucial coal mining. The team face the conditions of 1945 and prepare to tackle the most crucial event of their farming year. Wartime farm depicts a simpler time for british agriculture and food. Wartime farm is a british historical documentary tv series in eight parts in which the running of a farm during the second.
Rediscovering the skills and spirit of world war ii. Five years of constant farming have degraded the quality of britains fields, threatening crop. Episode 7 7 8 the team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for dday. As ever, on the wartime farm the goalposts are constantly moving. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Episode eight is first shown on bbc two and bbc hd on thursday, 25th october 2012 at 8. In this first episode, the farmers find themselves in a new location, a new. With john simm, peter ginn, ruth goodman, alex langlands. Alex has a surprise up his sleeve to make the party go with a bang, as the team prepare to leave the wartime farm. With german air raids causing unprecedented damage to britains major. The team attempt to reinvigorate their land with a tractordriven muck spreader, and with cows themselves.
In this final episode, the team faces a harvest under the conditions of summer 1945. Turning back the clock to run hampshires manor farm exactly as it was during wwii. I watched every episode after streaming it to my tv and that 3. The team discover that as the conflict drew to a close, the need for homegrown food became greater than ever. At first sight, wartime farm, an eightpart, daytime series on bbc 2, is extremely. Wartime farm accompanies the mustsee 8part bbc2 television series of the same. Wartime farm was produced by the bbc in partnership with the.