The Complete Wartime Farm [DVD]

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Item: 276060949302 The Complete Wartime Farm DVD | Incl Christmas Episode. Discs Play Fine. Will Be Posted Next Day. Wartime Farm is a British historical documentary TV series in eight parts in which the running of a farm during the Second World War is reenacted, first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012. The series, the fourth in the historic farm series, following the original, Tales from the Green Valley, was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television in association with the Open University, and was filmed at Manor Farm Country Park, now Manor Farm and River Hamble Country Park respectively, close to Southampton. [1] The farming team consisted of historian Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. The Wartime Farm commissioning executives for the BBC are Emma Willis and James Hayes, and the Executive Producer for Lion Television is David Upshal.

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The farm later hosts to Leo Stevenson, explaining the role of an official war artist. Such artists were employed by the Ministry of Information to document the real experience of war on British soil. He interviews the local pigeon fancier on his memories of the preparation for D-Day in Southampton, and produces a detailed painting of Ruth, Alex and Peter working the land while German Messerschmitt 110 and RAF Hurricane aircraft hurtle overhead. Top 30 Programmes / BBC2 / Sep 17 - Sep 23". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013. Broadcast on 11 October 2012 at 8pm. [11] By 1943, food imports had slumped to their lowest levels during the war, and farmland was becoming tired after years of consecutive use. To combat this, Ruth creates fertiliser with dung and spare straw from the farm's cereal production, while Alex employs a specialist rat catcher to stop rodents eating into the upcoming harvest.An associated book by Langlands, Ginn and Goodman— Wartime Farm: Rediscovering the Skills and Spirit of World War II—was published in 2012. [2] In addition, a free booklet was made available to viewers in the UK and Ireland, by the Open University. [3] The team [ edit ] Broadcast on 4 October 2012 at 8pm. [10] It is 1942 and the team face running the farm under increasing food and fuel shortages. The Ministry of Food has demanded an extra 840,000 tonnes of wheat be produced and, to do their part, Alex and Peter lease specialist equipment from the wartime government to turn every last scrap of ground into arable land. They also construct a 'Horse Gin' to slice swede, and convert a 1930s petrol-powered ambulance to run on gas from an onboard coal furnace. This leads Alex on to discover where Britain's wartime coal supplies came from, as he experiences life down the mines as a Bevin boy.

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Top 30 Programmes / BBC2 / Sep 24 - Sep 30". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013. Spurred on by a promotional film from the Ministry of Information, Peter starts a rabbit concern with the dual aim of impressing the War Ag and efficiently producing extra meat for the family and for Britain. Ruth, meanwhile, creates cottage cheese from gone-off milk, and employs a pre-war hand-cranked washing machine to help with the daily chores. Broadcast on 18 October 2012 at 8pm. [12] It is 1944, and a turning point for the Allies in World War II. Manor Farm's flax field—a crop heavily used by the military—has suffered in the unusually wet summer of 2012. Alex and Peter try to reinvigorate it using ammonium nitrate, a chemical fertiliser, but the rain does not let up. It remains so wet, in fact, that Alex has to re-waterproof his coat, using linseed oil, paraffin and beeswax from the colony he started in Episode 6.From the acclaimed producers of Edwardian Farm and Victorian Farm comes a brand new factual series. Archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman return to experience life on a farm, this time during the Second World War. This latest experiment proves to be nothing short of a revolution in British farming, as the team take on their biggest challenge yet. Wartime Farm is a fascinating blend of war history, survival creativity and endurance. Top 30 Programmes / BBC👏2 / Sep 03 - Sep 09". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013. Some nations suffered harshly during the shortages of wartime - others adapted and managed to keep their populace well-fed. A nation at war has many demands on its machinery and manpower - can you share resources more effectively than Lord Woolton and help the war effort? Top 30 Programmes / BBC2 / Oct 08 - Oct 14". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013.

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Top 30 Programmes / BBC2 / Sep 10 - Sep 16". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013. Top 30 Programmes / BBC2 / Oct 15 - Oct 21". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) . Retrieved 20 April 2013.

Due to audio problems with the last upload of this release , i have re-done it from the DVD , SO THIS IS A NEW UPLOAD With the end of the war, and the end of a successful harvest, the team plans a final celebration to mark their time at Manor Park. They hold a "Holidays at Home" party, with pilchard and cabbage sandwiches, outdoor games, the hokey cokey, and a firework elephant. This three disc set contains all eight episodes of the hugely popular BBC series which follows our experts across a year, using only historical tools and materials. A special feature, in which the presenters talk about making the show, is also included and constitutes a must have extra for fans. As Ruth, Alex and Peter leave Manor Farm for the last time, they reminisce over the last year, and express their respect for the farmers and their families who ploughed on during the war.