Coal House at War

  • Premiered: Oct 2008
  • Episodes: 13
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 21
  • Documentary Reality

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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Air date
Oct 13, 2008
Coal House is back and this time its war. Deep in the Welsh valleys, three families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time travel back to 1944 to face the hardships of .. show full overview
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Episode 2
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Air date
Oct 15, 2008
The families settle into the punishing routine of 1944. The men face a tough training period to equip them for life at the coal face and in the Home Guard. The children cope with school .. show full overview
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Episode 4
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Oct 18, 2008
At the end of the first week in the Coal House, how are the children coping with no playstations or mobiles to occupy them? There's a strict school system to contend with and a daily .. show full overview
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Episode 5
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Oct 20, 2008
The weekend provides a break from the pressures of work. While the men head off for football training, the women get their hair done Forties-style. Back at the Coal House there are new arrivals
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Episode 6
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Oct 22, 2008
The women take on a secret mission at the munitions factory, while the men struggle down the mine. Just as it seems things are looking up with a variety show, the families are brought face to face with the grim realities of war.
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Episode 7
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Oct 24, 2008
The new arrivals are settling in as the second week in the Coal House draws to a close. Home sickness is rife, school exams are looming, and the Bevin Boys are learning to cook. But who will give the best performance in the variety show?
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Episode 8
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Oct 25, 2008
Tensions are running high, the women reach a munitions milestone and there’s panic underground. The Bevin Boys take their first tentative steps underground and what little confidence .. show full overview
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Episode 9
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Oct 27, 2008
It’s been a rollercoaster week for the Coal House families. The families let their hair down and party like it’s 1944, some of the Stack Square chickens end up on the menu and there’s evacuation drama for the families.
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Episode 10
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Air date
Oct 29, 2008
With victory nearing, the pressure is on to fuel the frontline in the mining community of the Coal House. Will the men in the mine and the women at the munitions factory hit their .. show full overview
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Episode 11
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Oct 31, 2008
It is time for the men to hang up their lamps, the women to take off their uniforms, and the evacuees to return to their parents in the city - but not before everyone gets in the swing at the community dance for a final send-off.
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Episode 12
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Nov 01, 2008
The children take the dreaded school exams as they spend their last week in the square. Who will receive the coveted trophy, and how will they feel about leaving their wartime lives behind?
1x13 Show finale
Dance House 1944
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Air date
Nov 03, 2008
Dance House 1944 takes a look at how people faced the music and danced during the Second World War despite bombs falling and bad news from abroad. Veterans of the fighting front and the .. show full overview
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Episode 3
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Air date
Nov 17, 2008
Three Welsh families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time travel back to 1944 to face the hardships of life in World War II. It's not just the coal-mining men who are .. show full overview

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