Season 1 • Episode 6
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Sold a small plot of land for a tiny outlay, Cockney widow Chloe Marsh and her two daughters flee the slums of post-war London for a better life in the country. But rural life in 1922 is hard. Chloe and her fellow pioneers have no mains water, no gas, no electricity, and no jobs. Forced to live in tents until they can afford a shack, they carve a community out of the hostile countryside.
Acting
Saskia Reeves carries exhaustion like a second skin.
Production
Mud, tents, and 1922 authenticity that makes you cold.
Writing
Sharp Cockney wit cutting through desperation.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in rural Ireland standing in for England; cast lived in replica tents for two weeks.
Based on real 1920s 'plotlands' movements where urban poor bought cheap agricultural land, often without legal infrastructure.
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