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1936 Head of the Family
Episode number: 1
Overview: The Hodgkins family lives in a new suburb of a Yorkshire manufacturing town. Arthur, a railwayman, is buying the semi-detached house on a mortgage, having moved from rented accommodation in a terrace during the building boom of the early 'thirties. His wife, Mabel, devotes herself to the home and their family of four children, Jimmy (14), Patricia (12), Avril (8), and Edward (2).
1937 Counting the Cost
Episode number: 2
1938 Holiday with Pay
Episode number: 3
1939: Hospital Case
Episode number: 4
1939: Goodnight Children Everywhere
Episode number: 5
1940: Home from Home
Episode number: 6
1942: Stars and Stripes
Episode number: 7
1943: Make Do and Mend
Episode number: 8
1943: Take a Man’s Place
Episode number: 9
1944: Peace on Earth
Episode number: 10
1945: Let us Face the Future
Episode number: 11
1946: Full Supporting Programme
Episode number: 12
1947: Cold Comfort
Episode number: 13
1947: A New Look
Episode number: 14
1948: Full Steam Ahead
Episode number: 15
1948: On the National Health
Episode number: 16
1949: On the Move
Episode number: 17
1951: A Tonic for the Nation
Episode number: 18
1952: We Have Travelled a Hard Road
Episode number: 19