Series 1

Series 1 (2013)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Episode 1

Air Date: 2013-03-31

Bert is the second oldest man in Britain, and a film is being made about his life and his village. He takes us back to the summer of 1914, when he was 12 years old.

Ep.2 Episode 2

Air Date: 2013-04-07

It is January 1915; the Middleton farm has fallen on very hard times, and John is drinking heavily. A strange incident then takes place at the manor house.

Ep.3 Episode 3

Air Date: 2013-04-14

Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.

Ep.4 Episode 4

Air Date: 2013-04-21

Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.

Ep.5 Episode 5

Air Date: 2013-04-28

Joe's brief leave is over. He has tried hard to conceal his shell shock but Grace knows that something is wrong. Bert's actions have disastrous consequences for the family.

Ep.6 Episode 6

Air Date: 2013-05-05

The war is over, and the village tries to come to terms with its loss. The debate over how best to honour their dead divides the community.