Episode 4
Recreating British farming as it was during World War II. The team faces a government inspection for productivity. Over 2,000 wartime farmers lost their land for failing these.
The team discovers that Wartime Farmers could lose everything - their home and their land - if the government did not think they were productive enough. Over 2,000 farmers deemed 'not good enough' were thrown off their farms during the war.
Ruth, Peter and Alex face a Second World War-style government inspection, meeting an expert who tells them to grow and to get their milking operation up and running.
In the process they confront the wave of mechanisation that government regulation brought to wartime farming, grappling with a new tractor and getting to grips with a milking machine. Yet they are dealt a bitter blow with the loss of a prime dairy cow. Peter also launches a rabbit-breeding concern and they take in the latest release from the Ministry of Information, who made films urging farmers to use the very latest techniques in the fields.
The team also discovers the chilling story of a local farmer who lost his life in a dramatic shoot-out with the police after the authorities tried to remove him from his farm for failing to meet his required targets.
With their hard work completed the inspector returns to judge the state of the farm and award them their all-important official 'grade' - determining whether their efforts have been a success or a failure.
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Sowing flax seeds with Percheron horses
Duration: 01:38
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Ruth Goodman |
Presenter | Alex Langlands |
Presenter | Peter Ginn |
Producer | Naomi Benson |
Director | Naomi Benson |
Executive Producer | David Upshal |
Broadcasts
- Thu 27 Sep 2012 20:00麻豆社 Two & 麻豆社 HD
- Sat 29 Sep 2012 17:30
- Sat 29 Sep 2012 18:30麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 23 Oct 2012 00:45麻豆社 One except Northern Ireland
- Tue 23 Oct 2012 01:40麻豆社 One Northern Ireland
- Wed 24 Oct 2012 00:45麻豆社 One Northern Ireland
- Thu 23 Nov 2017 16:15麻豆社 Two except Wales
- Fri 24 Nov 2017 16:15麻豆社 Two Wales
- Tue 16 Oct 2018 14:45