
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.
Browse episodes by season for this series.

2012-09-06
Aired 2012-09-06
Reclaiming unused land for farming is the first role on the 'frontline of freedom'.

2012-09-13
Aired 2012-09-13
The team tackle the conditions faced in 1940, in the face of rationing and the Blitz.

2012-09-20
Aired 2012-09-20
The team tackle the conditions in late 1940, when British cities were heavily bombed.

2012-09-27
Aired 2012-09-27
The team faces a WW2 style government inspection, which could see the farm taken off them.

2012-10-04
Aired 2012-10-04
The team tackle the shortages faced by British farmers in 1942.

2012-10-11
Aired 2012-10-11
The team must cope with the challenges which followed the 1943 slump in food imports.

2012-10-18
Aired 2012-10-18
The team face the conditions of 1944, when fields were full of troops preparing for D-Day.

2012-10-25
Aired 2012-10-25
The team face the conditions of 1945, with Britain struggling to feed war-torn Europe.


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