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The Home Front

Episode number: 1

Overview: The series is introduced, the family moves in, war breaks out, and food rationing is confronted for the first time.

1939-1940: Into the Unknown

Episode number: 2

Overview: Michael Hymers leaves the house for three weeks for work-related reasons, and the family confronts additional rationing.

1941-1943: Women at War

Episode number: 3

Overview: Women at War (11 January 2001) - Lyn and Kirstie join the Women's Voluntary Service and work in the war industry.

1944-1945: The Beginning of the End

Episode number: 4

Overview: The family suffers from air-raids, sleep deprivation, and bomb damage before learning that the war is over. They also listen to radio stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

The Homecoming

Episode number: 5

Overview: Six months later, the Hymers reflect on their time in 1940s House.