The Village · S1 · E4
Episode 4
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.
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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.
Season 1
1Episode 1
61 minMar 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.
2Episode 2
61 minApr 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.
3Episode 3
61 minApr 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.
4Episode 4
61 minApr 21, 2013Now viewing
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.
5Episode 5
61 minApr 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.
6Episode 6
61 minMay 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.
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