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Land Girls Series 1

Drama / 5 x 45' / 2 x 100' / HD, Airline, DVD, Non-Theatric

A BBC Production

Against a backdrop or World War II weary 1940s Britain, Land Girls follows the lives, loves, highs and lows of the land girls. Set at the run-down Pasture Farm and the opulent Hoxley Manor, this highly popular and award-winning drama weaves a historic journey through the eyes of the land girls doing their bit for Britain in the Women’s Land Army (WLA).

In this first series, we are introduced to level-headed Annie, her fun loving sister Bea, clumsy Joyce and aloof Nancy as they leave their homes and families for the first time fo join the Women’s Land Army, working the fields for the war effort, growing up and forging friendships that will last them a lifetime.

Naive Bea makes the wrong choice and is swept off her feet by a brash American G.I. with far-reaching consequences. Pregnant at sixteen, how can she cope with her future?

When Annie gets news that her husband has died overseas, she grieves by throwing herself into her work. Later, she gets the chance of unexpected revenge against a German POW. But can she cross the line and enact her vengeance?

When patriotic Joyce’s husband goes AWOL and seeks sanctuary at the farm, Joyce faces a dilemma. Should she turn in the man she loves before he’s caught?

And when the unstable and sadistic home guard officer Sergeant Tucker realises that there is a spy in his midst, he initially suspects that Nancy is the traitor – putting her in great danger. Will Lord Hoxley come to her rescue and how will Lady Hoxley react to their burgeoning relationship?

 

Starring:

Sophie Ward as LADY ELLEN HOXLEY (A Very British Scandal, Jane Eyre, Strike)

Christine Bottomley as ANNIE (Domina, The End Of The F**king World, Silent Witness)

Jo Woodcock as BEA (Collison, True Love, Death In Paradise)

Becci Gemmell as JOYCE (Call The Midwife, Casualty, Red Lights)

Mark Benton as FREDERICK FINCH (The Nevers, The Syndicate, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators)

Susan Cookson as ESTHER REEVES (Cold Feet, Secret State, Last Tango In Halifax)

Danny Webb as SERGEANT DENNIS TUCKER (The Regime, Endeavour, The Gold)

 

Additional Stars:

Nathaniel Parker as LORD HOXLEY (The Last Duel, The Beast Must Die, Grantchester)

Summer Strallen as NANCY (Hollyoaks, Doctors, Casualty)