S2 E1 • The Other Side of the Hill

The episode begins with the Ashton family celebrating Christmas 1940 and then the New Year. Edwin is offered a manager's job with one of Sefton's business competitors, Dennis Pringle and Sefton realise how much they need to keep Edwin at the works. David is chatting up a girl near his RAF camp while Sheila waits for his phone call at home. Robert comes home on leave unexpectedly and almost misses seeing his mother who has been called away to see her sick mother.

Première diffusion : 11 novembre 1970

S2 E2 • I Can Be Happy, Can't I?

January 1941. Uncertain about the fate of her husband, Margaret's anxiety creates friction at work, at home and in a possible new relationship. Her family realise that they have underestimated the extent of her problems

Première diffusion : 18 novembre 1970

S2 E3 • A Lesson in War

April 1941. In the Western Desert, Philip becomes friends with a hard-drinking and rebellious Polish soldier frustrated by delays in his transfer to his own army.

Première diffusion : 25 novembre 1970

S2 E4 • Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Première diffusion : 2 décembre 1970

S2 E5 • The Forty-Eight Hour Pass

Première diffusion : 9 décembre 1970

S2 E6 • Hope Against Hope

Liverpool, May 1941. Margaret is going to live with Michael Armstrong, but when she visits him an aerial bomb hits the house, and sets the whole building on fire. Margaret is seriously hurt and taken to the hospital, where members of her family soon turn up to visit her. She is fourth months pregnant and everybody worries about the baby's survival chances. At the same time Mrs. Porter is on her way to Liverpool. A British soldier has found a letter written by John at the battlefield in France, and has sent it to her. The soldier is back in Liverpool, and now she wants...

Première diffusion : 16 décembre 1970

S2 E7 • A Time To Be Born

Liverpool, October 1941. The rationing of food has led to the development of a black market. Sefton has a share in a pig, but wants to buy the other half of the pig as well. Harry Jenkins is reluctant to sell his part, but in the end he agrees. The next morning Harry tells Sefton that officers from the Ministry of Food have confiscated the dead pig, and that Sefton will probably be prosecuted for illegal slaughter. At the same time Margaret is taken to the hospital for her delivery, but the child is stillborn. And Freda confides under tears to Sheila that she has a ...

Première diffusion : 23 décembre 1970

S2 E8 • A Hero's Welcome

Liverpool, December 1941. Sheila has brought her son Peter home for Christmas, but her daughter Janet didn't want to leave the Thomas family in Wales. Peter hasn't seen his father David since summer, and is now eagerly awaiting his arrival. In Peter's fantasy his father is a war hero, and he anticipates all the marvelous stories he's going to hear. When David finally arrives Peter is disappointed. His father doesn't want to talk about his war experiences, and just says that he and the other pilots are frightened all the time. He also starts criticizing his son for ...

Première diffusion : 30 décembre 1970

S2 E9 • We Could Be a Lot Worse Off

January 1942. Two security officers visit Edwin to gain information about John Porter. Some weeks ago they traced a transmitter in Belgium. When asking for name, rank and number of the person calling, the answer was John Porter followed by some personal details. It could be a trick by the Germans, but it could also be John, locked up by a resistant group, who uses his technical skills for their own purpose. At the same time Robert is crossing the Atlantic Ocean with his ship, who is escorting a tanker with aviation fuel from New York to England. German submarines ...

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 1971

S2 E10 • Lend Your Loving Arms

Liverpool, January 1942. Freda has a crush on Michael Armstrong. She cannot reveal her feelings for him, but communicates them in a cryptic way by reciting some poetry. Freda tells Sheila that David has a leave and is coming home today or on Monday. With bitterness Sheila remarks that she probably has to share his leave with another woman as usual. She decides to give tit for tat, and joins Freda and Doris on a pleasure-trip to Southport. They go to a dance-hall with some soldiers, but Sheila doesn't enjoy herself, and leaves after a while. At the railway station she ...

Première diffusion : 13 janvier 1971

S2 E11 • Hazard

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 1971

S2 E12 • Giving and Taking

Première diffusion : 27 janvier 1971

S2 E13 • Believed Killed

Première diffusion : 3 février 1971

S2 E14 • Into the Dark

Première diffusion : 10 février 1971

S2 E15 • The Straight and Narrow

Première diffusion : 17 février 1971

S2 E16 • Clash By Night

Première diffusion : 24 février 1971

S2 E17 • Salute the Happy Morn

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1971

S2 E18 • I Wanted to be with You

Première diffusion : 10 mars 1971

S2 E19 • A Separate Peace

Première diffusion : 17 mars 1971