
Wartime Farm
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.
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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.

September 6, 2012 • 55m
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.

September 13, 2012 • 55m
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.

September 20, 2012 • 55m
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.

September 27, 2012 • 55m
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.

October 4, 2012 • 55m
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.

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

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

October 25, 2012 • 55m
The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.