Nyckelord Edwardian Era

Våren 1914 kämpar den unga, viljestarka och självständiga Vera Brittain för att bli antagen för studier i Oxford, något som hon med knapp nöd fått samtycke till av sina konservativa föräldrar. Hon inspireras av sin bror och framförallt av den karismatiske Roland Leighton, en man som delar hennes dröm om att bli författare. Men Veras drömmar grusas när kriget bryter ut och en hel generation unga engelska män tar värvning för att tjäna under fosterlandets fana. Vera avbryter sina studier för att tjänstgöra som sköterska på de blodiga slagfälten och inleder ett passionerat förhållande med Roland. Det är en kärlek lika stor som kriget.

Den superromantiska och självcentrerade Angel Deverell växer upp på engelska landsbygden i början av 1900-talet. 17 år gammal besannas hennes stora dröm - hon blir en publicerad författare och hennes eskapistiskt romantiska berättelser gör henne berömd. För Angel blir det en klassresa och hon rör sig äntligen i de kretsar hon alltid ansett sig tillhöra. Hon köper ett stort gods och bestämmer att konstnären Esme, som är bror till hennes assistent Nora, är hennes livs kärlek. Men när kriget kommer, krockar verkligheten med hennes idylliska visioner.

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

Edwardian Farm is an historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. It depicts a group of historians trying to run a farm like it was done during the Edwardian era. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television and filmed at Morwellham Quay, an historic quay in Devon. The farming team was historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. The series was devised and produced by David Upshal and directed by Stuart Elliott. The series is a development from two previous series Victorian Farm and Victorian Pharmacy which were among BBC Two's biggest hits of 2009 and 2010, garnering audiences of up to 3.8 million per episode. The series was followed by Wartime Farm in September 2012, featuring the same team but this time in Hampshire on Manor Farm, living a full calendar year as wartime farmers. An associated book by Goodman, Langlands, and Ginn, also titled Edwardian Farm, was published in 2010 by BBC Books. The series was also published on DVD, available in various regional formats.

Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds work as housekeeper for farmer, Larry Birch. Another tragedy occurs, and when Nick Stuart inherits the farm owned by Birch's wife, Nick gives Emily a new future.