About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
9.5Aired 6 September 2012 • 55 min
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.
2. Episode 2
10.0Aired 13 September 2012 • 55 min
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.
3. Episode 3
9.5Aired 20 September 2012 • 55 min
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.
4. Episode 4
10.0Aired 27 September 2012 • 55 min
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.
5. Episode 5
9.5Aired 4 October 2012 • 55 min
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.
6. Episode 6
10.0Aired 11 October 2012 • 55 min
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.
7. Episode 7
10.0Aired 18 October 2012 • 55 min
The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.
8. Episode 8
10.0Aired 25 October 2012 • 55 min
The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.