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The story of 20th Century England is played out through a family in a Derbyshire village.

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The Village: Series 1

John Simm

Maxine Peake

Rupert Evans

Juliet Stevenson

David Ryall

Bill Jones

Charlie Murphy

Paul Warriner

Augustus Prew

Scott Handy

Joe Duttine

Joe Armstrong

Emily Beecham

Amelia Young

Jonny Phillips

John-Paul Hurley

William Grindey

Annabelle Apsion

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The Village: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

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BBC One - The Village, Series 1, Episode 4

Bert decides that winning the annual wheel barrow race is a matter of life or death.

Drama series. Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.

It is 1st July 1916, the date of the Rondo: an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, and unbeknownst to the villagers, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. 

Rumours sweep around the village that the local Pals Battalion are taking part in a big battle about to be launched in France. Bert decides that winning the Rondo this year is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.

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