Backs to the Land

TV Series
1977–1978
30m

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When his two sons volunteer for army service, farmer Tom Whitlow of Crabtree Farm is aghast to see them replaced by three Women's Land Army girls.When his two sons volunteer for army service, farmer Tom Whitlow of Crabtree Farm is aghast to see them replaced by three Women's Land Army girls.When his two sons volunteer for army service, farmer Tom Whitlow of Crabtree Farm is aghast to see them replaced by three Women's Land Army girls.

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6.3/10

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David Troughton (Roy Whitlow) and Michael Troughton (Eric Whitlow) are brothers in real life.

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Backs to the Land
Written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent
Performed by Anne Shelton

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9/10

Lost and found

Even the blandest TV suit wouldn't be interested in the idea of mismatched land girls being thrown together on a farm nowadays, it has become such a cliche that its easy to forget how original Backs to the Land was on first broadcast. The WLA were little more than a historical footnote back then, their immense contribution almost forgotten by all but the girls themselves, who were only in middle age when Terese, Philippa, Marilyn and Pippa ran riot in Clayfield. Backs to the Land is probably the best sitcom you've never seen and its a real irony that it has been forgotten as completely as the people who inspired it had been.