The lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool deal with life on the home front during the Second World War.
Aired: Oct 6, 1971Edwin finds adjusting to life without Jean difficult. Howevever, without a ma...
Aired: Oct 13, 1971July 1943. The men find it difficult to readjust to life away from combat, pr...
Aired: Oct 20, 1971November 1943. Sheila and David reunite at the Welsh farm where their childre...
4. The Things You Never Told Me
Aired: Oct 27, 1971January 1944. Margaret and her father-in-law, open with each other, bond at h...
5. You Can Choose Your Friends
Aired: Nov 2, 1971Aired: Nov 9, 1971May/ June 1944. Anticipation of the invasion of France grows and at a seaside...
Aired: Nov 16, 1971June 1944. The V-rocket bombings on London seem very far from Liverpool and p...
Aired: Nov 23, 1971July 1944. The family assess the future possibilities of the Welfare State, b...
Aired: Nov 30, 1971August 1944. Unsure after her wedding proposal, Freda takes advice from her e...
10. The Fundamental Things Apply
Aired: Dec 7, 1971September 1944. Various problems dog the family as it makes last-minute prepa...
Aired: Dec 14, 1971February 1945. With everybody's encouragement, Sheila tries to move forward w...
Aired: Dec 21, 1971March 1945. As David prepares for his final flight of this tour of duty, he o...
Aired: Dec 28, 1971April 1945. The prospect of changed roles in life makes the men contemplate t...
Aired: Jan 4, 1972May 1945. As anticipation of victory in Europe grows, Sefton divides the fami...
Aired: Jan 11, 1972June 1945. The family adjusts with difficulty to post-war life and the impend...
Aired: Jan 18, 1972August 1945. Sheila and David can finally bring their children home from evac...
Aired: Jan 25, 1972October 1945. The unexpected return of conscientious objector Michael Armstro...
Aired: Feb 1, 1972November 1945. Edwin makes a difficult journey to Germany to uncover the deta...
Aired: Feb 8, 1972December 1945. Looking to the future, the family contemplate moving homes, wi...
Aired: Feb 15, 1972December 1945. The family's preparations for their first Christmas in peaceti...
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