Season 1 Plot
The story of 20th Century England is played out through a family in a Derbyshire village.
The Village Season 1 aired on March 31st, 2013.
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Season 1 Episodes
1. 1
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.
2. 2
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.
3. 3
Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.
4. 4
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.
5. 5
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.
6. 6
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.
