Wartime Farm
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands spend a year running a farm in Hampshire County, UK as it would have been during the Second World War, when feeding the people was a vital part of the war effort.
Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands spend a year running a farm in Hampshire County, UK as it would have been during the Second World War, when feeding the people was a vital part of the war effort.
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Ruth, Alex and Peter start the challenge of running a farm during the Second World War with a farmhouse to modernize...
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Ruth learns about the impact that rationing had in the kitchen, and Alex and Peter are confronted with vastly reduced...
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Ruth gets involved in the work of the Royal Observer Corps, and Alex and Peter learn how to set up "decoy fires" to lure...
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Ruth, Peter and Alex face a wartime-style government inspection - meeting an expert who tells them to grow crops and get...
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Alex and Peter revert to a Victorian solution to the shortage of animal feed, and Ruth sets up an emergency feeding...
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With tasks mounting on the farm, the team turn to a popular source of wartime labour - children.
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The wet summer has devastated the crop at Manor Farm, and if Alex and Peter are to save it, they must take drastic...
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Ruth, Alex and Peter prepare to tackle the most crucial event of their farming year: harvesting the wheat crop.