The lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool deal with life on the home front during the Second World War.
Aired: Nov 10, 1970December 1940. As a new year begins the family contemplate missed opportunities.
Aired: Nov 17, 1970January 1941. Uncertain about the fate of her husband, Margaret's anxiety cre...
Aired: Nov 24, 1970April 1941. In the Western Desert, Philip becomes friends with a hard-drinkin...
4. Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
Aired: Dec 1, 1970May 1941. Sefton's attempts to retain majority control of the company extend ...
Aired: Dec 8, 1970May 1941. With some on leave and some bombed out, the house becomes uncomfort...
Aired: Dec 15, 1970Liverpool, May 1941. Margaret is going to live with Michael Armstrong, but wh...
Aired: Dec 22, 1970Liverpool, October 1941. The rationing of food has led to the development of ...
Aired: Dec 29, 1970Liverpool, December 1941. Sheila has brought her son Peter home for Christmas...
9. We Could Be a Lot Worse Off
Aired: Jan 5, 1971January 1942. Two security officers visit Edwin to gain information about Joh...
Aired: Jan 12, 1971Liverpool, January 1942. Freda has a crush on Michael Armstrong. She cannot r...
Aired: Jan 19, 1971March 1942 the Western desert. Phillip is sent on a 10 day mine sweeping cour...
Aired: Jan 26, 1971March 1942. The family's bereavement provokes a range of unexpected emotions ...
Aired: Feb 2, 1971John's return to a family much changed by their presumption of his death come...
Aired: Feb 9, 1971July 1942. Recuperation is hard: in Liverpool John's insomnia affects the who...
Aired: Feb 16, 1971July 1942. A visit from John's mother convinces Margaret to be decisive about...
Aired: Feb 23, 1971Sefton takes to his bed with an undiagnosed ailment and Tony is given compass...
Aired: Mar 2, 1971David spends Christmas with his pilot in a posh flat in London and gets invol...
Aired: Mar 9, 1971Jean Ashton appears to be suffering from some illness or severe depression, a...
Aired: Mar 16, 1971Preoccupied with personal problems, the family fail to notice that Jean is mi...
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