A Family at War
1970 · TV Series · 60 min
★ 6.0(6)unSUB Rating
"A Family at War," a popular epic saga, explores in detail the daily life during World War II as experienced by the Ashtons, a working-class Liverpool family. Made in a nearly continuous two-year production period, each episode begins on a specific date from August 1938 to December 1945, with the drama unfolding over the course of the entire war.
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Details
- Years
- 1970–1972
- Release date
- 1970-04-14
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.8/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- world war ii
- liverpool, england
- home front
- 1940s
Cast & crew
John Nettles
as Ian Mackenzie
Colin Douglas
as Edwin Ashton
Barbara Flynn
as Freda Ashton
Lesley Nunnerley
as Margaret Porter
- IB
Ian Barritt
as Third Student
James Hazeldine
as L Cpl Hattersley
Barry Jackson
as Charles Gould
Directed by Baz Taylor, Bob Hird, Les Chatfield +3 more
Episodes4 seasons · 65 episodes
Season 113 episodes
- S1E1The Facts of Life60m
- S1E2To Die For Spain60m
- S1E3Lines of Battle60m
- S1E4The Summer Before the War60m
- S1E5The Gate of the Year60m
- S1E6The Breach in the Dyke60m
- S1E7The War Office Regrets60m
- S1E8For Strategic Reasons60m
- S1E9The Night They Hit No. 860m
- S1E10One of Ours60m
- S1E11Brothers in War60m
- S1E12If It's Got Your Number On It60m
- S1E13The End of the Beginning60m
Season 219 episodes
- S2E1The Other Side of the Hill60m
- S2E2I Can Be Happy, Can't I?60m
- S2E3A Lesson in War60m
- S2E4Is Your Journey Really Necessary?60m
- S2E5The Forty-Eight Hour Pass60m
- S2E6Hope Against Hope60m
- S2E7A Time to Be Born60m
- S2E8A Hero's Welcome60m
- S2E9We Could Be a Lot Worse Off50m
- S2E10Lend Your Loving Arms60m
- S2E11Hazard60m
- S2E12Giving and Taking60m
- S2E13Believed Killed60m
- S2E14Into the Dark60m
- S2E15The Straight and Narrow60m
- S2E16Clash by Night60m
- S2E17Salute the Happy Morn60m
- S2E18I Wanted to Be with You60m
- S2E19A Separate Peace60m
Season 320 episodes
- S3E1The Lucky Ones60m
- S3E2For the Duration60m
- S3E3Happy Returns60m
- S3E4The Things You Never Told Me60m
- S3E5You Can Choose Your Friends60m
- S3E6Flesh and Blood60m
- S3E7Spread a Little Happiness60m
- S3E8Take It on Trust60m
- S3E9This Year, Next Year...60m
- S3E10The Fundamental Things Apply60m
- S3E11Thicker Than Water60m
- S3E12Breaking Point60m
- S3E13The Lost Ones60m
- S3E14The Sensible Thing60m
- S3E15Under New Management60m
- S3E16Coming Home60m
- S3E17A Faint Refrain60m
- S3E18Two Fathers60m
- S3E19The Old Order Changeth...60m
- S3E20...Yielding Place to New60m
Season 413 episodes
- S4E1Episode 160m
- S4E2Episode 260m
- S4E3Episode 360m
- S4E4Episode 460m
- S4E5Episode 560m
- S4E6Episode 660m
- S4E7Episode 760m
- S4E8Episode 860m
- S4E9Episode 960m
- S4E10Episode 1060m
- S4E11Episode 1160m
- S4E12Episode 1260m
- S4E13Episode 1360m