Land Girls

BBC1 have dropped the Weakest Link in favour of drama called "The Land Girls" this week to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 2. More details (and iPlayer links) here and here. If you watch it, please let us know what you think - proper historical drama, or daytime TV with turnips and 1940s fashions?

In other news, the BBC People's War archive is an excellent resource of people's memories of life in the conflict and on the home front. It can be found here.

UPDATE: Thanks for the comments so far - glad that people are enjoying it! If there are any interesting storylines, characters or historical situations please let us know.

Welcome back

Hello and welcome back for the new term. We hope you have had a good summer and are ready for the challenges that lie ahead!

As you have probably noticed, a significant anniversary is already upon us with the 70th Anniversary of the Declaration of World War 2 on 3 September. The BBC have put together an extensive site about this here with lots of really good archive material. This includes Chamberlain's speech announcing the declaration of war, and contemporary footage of the evacuations and other preparations for war.