Backs To The Land. Copyright: Anglia TV
Backs To The Land
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1977 - 1978
- 19 episodes (3 series)
When his two sons volunteer for army service, Farmer Tom Whitlow of Crabtree Farm is aghast to see them replaced by three Women's Land Army girls. Stars Philippa Howell, Terese Stevens, Marilyn Galsworthy, Pippa Page, John Stratton and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 5 - The Magnetic Pole
One of Wally's rhymes - "Men whose wives are never there must learn to dine on good fresh air" - comes very close to the truth for Tom Whitlow when a Polish airman comes courting his wife!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 30th December 1977
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Philippa Howell | Shirley Bloom |
| Terese Stevens | Jenny Dabb |
| Pippa Page | Bunny Burroughs |
| John Stratton | Tom Whitlow |
| Delia Paton | Ethel Whitlow |
| Stephanie Fayerman | Aggie |
| Geraldine Newman | Miss Rainbow |
| Charles Lamb | Wally |
| Ernst Walder | Jan Jarowicz |
| Ron Davies | Adjutant |
| David Climie | Writer |
| David Askey | Director |
| John Rosenberg | Executive Producer |
| Robert Bell | Associate Producer |
| Jane Martin | Production Designer |