Season 1

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  7.7/10107 votes

  Episode 1

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/31/2013

  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.

  Director: Antonia Bird

  Writer: Peter Moffat

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  8.2/1083 votes

  Episode 2

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2013

  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.

  Director: Antonia Bird

  Writer: Peter Moffat

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  8.3/1075 votes

  Episode 3

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2013

  Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.

  Director: Antonia Bird

  Writer: Peter Moffat

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  8.3/1071 votes

  Episode 4

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2013

  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.

  Director: Antonia Bird

  Writer: Peter Moffat

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  8.5/1071 votes

  Episode 5

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/2013

  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.

  Director: Gillies MacKinnon

  Writer: Peter Moffat

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  8.6/1076 votes

  Episode 6

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2013

  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.

  Director: Gillies MacKinnon

  Writer: Peter Moffat