The Wartime Kitchen and Garden ambient background
CinebyCineby
The Wartime Kitchen and Garden backdrop

The Wartime Kitchen and Garden

The Wartime Kitchen and Garden

1993•Documentary
Similars

Join Ruth Mott and Harry Dodson as they show us how they managed during WW2.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 7, 1993

Episodes

E1

Episode 1

We begin during the 'phoney war', as flowers are cleared out to make room for vegetables and the larder is filled. Plus help is on hand from a land girl and an evacuee.

Jun 7, 1993

E2

Episode 2

Rationing began in January 1940 and quickly encouraged 'creative' cooking, so Ruth rustles up breast of lamb in egg and breadcrumbs. Meanwhile, Harry gets to work building some giant compost heaps and shows his land girl, Annie, how to make glass cloches.

Jun 14, 1993

E3

Episode 3

During the summer of 1940, cooks were donating their utensils for weapons manufacture and gardeners were 'digging for victory'. In this edition, Ruth makes a chocolate pudding with carrot as a sweetener. Plus find out more about the cardboard wedding cake.

Jun 21, 1993

E4

Episode 4

Inspired by the 'pig clubs' which emerged from the ruins of a blitzed Britain, Ruth makes brawn from half a pig's head - not a task for the squeamish! Plus Harry uses an uncomfortable period backpack to spray his potato crop.

Jun 28, 1993

E5

Episode 5

Focusing on austerity measures, Ruth asks Harry to buy a few tomatoes 'under the counter'. She also gets to work on making a mock banana using mashed parsnip.

Jul 5, 1993

E6

Episode 6

Even when the tide of war began to turn in the allies' favour, there was no let-up in the domestic situation back home. Ruth bakes salt cod with boiled nettles, and Harry grows and cures tobacco.

Jul 12, 1993

E7

Episode 7

By the time of D-day, Britain was into its fifth year of war, and keeping healthy had become a national preoccupation. In this edition, Ruth makes a 'Swiss breakfast' of oats, raw carrot, apple and raisins. Meanwhile, shrapnel shatters the glasshouse and damages Harry's tomato crop.

Jul 19, 1993

E8

Episode 8

By 1945 there had been no improvement in the food situation, and the winter brought with it the worst fuel crisis of the war. Ruth saves on gas by using a steamer to make elderflower fritters, while Harry cultivates haricot beans and celebrates VE day.

Jul 26, 1993

Actors

Harry Dodson

Ruth Mott

Recommendations

Medal of Honor
World War II with Tom Hanks
The World at War
The War
History 101
WWII in HD
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
American Experience
World War II in Colour
The Food That Built America
Mysteries at the Museum
How It's Made
Biography
Doctor Who Confidential
Antiques Roadshow
Haunted
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
30 for 30
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy
American Masters

Similars

The Rich Tradition
Big Chef Takes on Little Chef
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Nadia's Comfort Kitchen
Just a Dash
A Chef's Life
Gardening Australia
Food & Fire med Niklas Ekstedt
Poh & Co.
The Mind of a Chef
Food Odyssey
Jamie's Ministry of Food
Recreating Eden
Raymond Blanc: The Very Hungry Frenchman
The Autistic Gardener
The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook
Monks in the Kitchen
The Hairy Bikers Go West
Rick Stein's Food Stories
New British Kitchen