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Summary

Shirley Bloom (Philippa Howard), Jenny Dabb (Teresa Stevens) and Daphne Finch-Beauchamp (Marylin Galsworthy) join the Women's Land Army in 1940 and go to work on a Norfolk Farm.

The women are now doing the farm labouring work which was formerly done by men who have gone off to fight in the war.

The second series sees the departure of Daphne and the arrival of her replacement, actress Bunny Burroughs (Pippa Page).

This was one of the very few sitcoms produced by Anglia Television.

In some ITV regions, the first two series were shown in a single run rather than separately.

Cast List

  Philippa Howard as Shirley Bloom
  Teresa Stevens as Jenny Dabb
  John Stratton as Tom Whitlow
  Della Paton as Ethel Whitlow
  Marylin Galsworthy as Daphne (Series 1)
  Michael Troughton as Eric Whitlow (Series 1)
  David Troughton as Roy Whitlow (Series 1)
  Pippa Page as Bunny Burroughs (Series 2-3)
  Jeremy Child as Captain Truscott (Series 2)

Production Details

Written by:
David Climie

Directed by:
David Askey, John Davies

Produced by:
John Rosenberg

3 series, 19 episodes

Transmitted: 1977-78

TV Channel: ITV

Anglia Television