A Family at War

The Ashton family struggles to deal with the harsh realities of the Second World War as their sons are sent away to fight. Those who remain at home in Liverpool live in constant fear of a knock on the door with a telegram from the War Office or the Luftwaffe bombs overhead as they sleep at night.

War & PoliticsDrama

Seasons

1. The Facts of Life

Air Date: 1970-04-14

2. To Die For Spain

Air Date: 1970-04-21

3. Lines of Battle

Air Date: 1970-04-28

4. The Summer Before the War

Air Date: 1970-05-05

5. The Gate of the Year

Air Date: 1970-05-12

6. The Breach in the Dyke

Air Date: 1970-05-19

7. The War Office Regrets

Air Date: 1970-05-26

8. For Strategic Reasons

Air Date: 1970-06-30

9. The Night They Hit No. 8

Air Date: 1970-07-07

10. One of Ours

Air Date: 1970-07-14

11. Brothers in War

Air Date: 1970-07-21

12. If It's Got Your Number On It

Air Date: 1970-07-28

13. The End of the Beginning

Air Date: 1970-08-04

1. The Other Side of the Hill

Air Date: 1970-11-11

2. I Can Be Happy, Can't I?

Air Date: 1970-11-18

3. A Lesson in War

Air Date: 1970-11-25

4. Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Air Date: 1970-12-02

5. The Forty-Eight Hour Pass

Air Date: 1970-12-09

6. Hope Against Hope

Air Date: 1970-12-16

7. A Time to Be Born

Air Date: 1970-12-23

8. A Hero's Welcome

Air Date: 1970-12-30

9. We Could Be a Lot Worse Off

Air Date: 1971-01-06

10. Lend Your Loving Arms

Air Date: 1971-01-13

11. Hazard

Air Date: 1971-01-20

12. Giving and Taking

Air Date: 1971-01-27

13. Believed Killed

Air Date: 1971-02-03

14. Into the Dark

Air Date: 1971-02-10

15. The Straight and Narrow

Air Date: 1971-02-17

16. Clash by Night

Air Date: 1971-02-24

17. Salute the Happy Morn

Air Date: 1971-03-03

18. I Wanted to Be with You

Air Date: 1971-03-10

19. A Separate Peace

Air Date: 1971-03-17

1. The Lucky Ones

Air Date: 1971-10-06

2. For the Duration

Air Date: 1971-10-13

3. Happy Returns

Air Date: 1971-10-20

4. The Things You Never Told Me

Air Date: 1971-10-27

5. You Can Choose Your Friends

Air Date: 1971-11-03

6. Flesh and Blood

Air Date: 1971-11-10

7. Spread a Little Happiness

Air Date: 1971-11-17

8. Take It on Trust

Air Date: 1971-11-24

9. This Year, Next Year...

Air Date: 1971-12-01

10. The Fundamental Things Apply

Air Date: 1971-12-08

11. Thicker Than Water

Air Date: 1971-12-15

12. Breaking Point

Air Date: 1971-12-22

13. The Lost Ones

Air Date: 1971-12-29

14. The Sensible Thing

Air Date: 1972-01-05

15. Under New Management

Air Date: 1972-01-12

16. Coming Home

Air Date: 1972-01-19

17. A Faint Refrain

Air Date: 1972-01-26

18. Two Fathers

Air Date: 1972-02-02

19. The Old Order Changeth...

Air Date: 1972-02-09

20. ...Yielding Place to New

Air Date: 1972-02-16

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 1972-02-02

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 1972-02-11

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 1972-03-03

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 1972-03-10

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 1972-03-21

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 1972-04-05

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 1972-04-13

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 1972-05-04

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 1972-05-12

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 1972-05-23

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 1972-06-03

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 1972-06-16

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 1972-06-23

Select an episode to start watching

Rating

7.0/10

Release Date

1970-04-14

Episodes

65 (4 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Colin Douglas

Edwin Ashton

Shelagh Fraser

Jean Ashton

Coral Atkins

Sheila Ashton

Lesley Nunnerley

Margaret Porter

Colin Campbell

David Ashton

Keith Drinkel

Philip Ashton

Barbara Flynn

Freda Ashton

T.R. Bowen

Tony Briggs