Αρχές του 20ού αιώνα. Η Βέρα Μπρίτεν, μια ασυγκράτητη, έξυπνη και ανοιχτόμυαλη κοπέλα, ξεπερνάει τις προκαταλήψεις της οικογένειας της και κερδίζει μια υποτροφία στην Οξφόρδη. Εκεί θα γνωρίσει τον έρωτα στο πρόσωπο του καλύτερου φίλου του αδελφού της, τον Ρόλαντ Λέιτον. Όμως, ο Α` Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος ξεσπάει και καθώς οι δύο άντρες φεύγουν για το μέτωπο, η Βέρα κατατάσσεται στις νοσοκόμες για να υπηρετήσει την πατρίδα.
Αγγλία, αρχές 20ου αιώνα. Μια γυναίκα της εργατικής τάξης προσπαθεί να εισβάλει στους κόλπους της υψηλής κοινωνίας. Τελικά τα καταφέρνει και γίνεται επιτυχημένη συγγραφέας ρομαντικών μυθιστορημάτων. Τίποτα, όμως, δε διαρκεί για πάντα. Η ιστορία ξεκινά όταν η Angel Deverell είναι 16 και ολοκληρώνεται στα 37 της.
Edwardian Farm is an historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. It depicts a group of historians trying to run a farm like it was done during the Edwardian era. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television and filmed at Morwellham Quay, an historic quay in Devon. The farming team was historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn. The series was devised and produced by David Upshal and directed by Stuart Elliott. The series is a development from two previous series Victorian Farm and Victorian Pharmacy which were among BBC Two's biggest hits of 2009 and 2010, garnering audiences of up to 3.8 million per episode. The series was followed by Wartime Farm in September 2012, featuring the same team but this time in Hampshire on Manor Farm, living a full calendar year as wartime farmers. An associated book by Goodman, Langlands, and Ginn, also titled Edwardian Farm, was published in 2010 by BBC Books. The series was also published on DVD, available in various regional formats.
Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds work as housekeeper for farmer, Larry Birch. Another tragedy occurs, and when Nick Stuart inherits the farm owned by Birch's wife, Nick gives Emily a new future.
An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.
