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A Very English Village

A Very English Village: Episode 5: The Ditchling Ladies

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Episode 5: The Ditchling Ladies

The Ditchling Ladies

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Documentary. The village's older residents share the memories of their remarkable lives.

Five-part documentary series on life in the Sussex village of Ditchling. The village's older residents share the memories of their long and remarkable lives.

Five-part documentary series examining life in the Sussex village of Ditchling. 

Some of the village's older residents candidly share the memories of their long and remarkable lives, including recollections of French lessons during the First World War and some of Dame Vera Lynn's Second World War anecdotes. 

The stories of the past are told against a backdrop of their everyday lives, which in turn provides a thoughtful portrait of old age and its reflections on death and the afterlife.

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Documentary series examining life in the Sussex village of Ditchling

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