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S4.E1 ∙ 1945: Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Sat, Mar 24, 1973

The war is over and all the children who were evacuated to Flaxton Hall are going home. All but Terry Nicholls, whose house was bombed and his parents are missing. As the troops are leaving the Hall, Terry hops on the back of a truck heading for London.

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S4.E2 ∙ 1945: This Little Piggy...

Sat, Mar 31, 1973

The Estate Manager Benjamin Sweet is back from the war. He takes Terry and Matthew to help with the jobs that need doing. They come across Jim Cooper, who had his pig taken away for not having a permit. The boys find out that the men who took it actually stole it. They were not from the government.

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S4.E3 ∙ 1945: What You Don't Know Might Hurt You

Sat, Apr 07, 1973

Von Metz, a Nazi, has just parachuted into a field. He claims he is in the RAF and his name is George King. Benjamin figures out that he is the escaped Nazi and chases him down, only to have Mr. Cox get a medal for it.

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S4.E4 ∙ 1945: No Place Like...

Sat, Apr 14, 1973

Marco is an Italian POW working at Flaxton Hall. Terry resents him because his father is missing in Italy. He wants to trade Marco for his dad. Marco wants to escape and steals a motorcycle. Terry wants to go to London in case his father shows up and sees their bombed house. He will think his family is dead. Will Marco take the boy as far as London in his escape?

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S4.E5 ∙ 1945: The Bevin Boy

Sat, Apr 21, 1973

Gregg Cutler is a Bevin Boy. He could not join the army because the army conscripted him to work in the local coal mine. The boys resent him because both their fathers are in the war, and they think he is a coward. Lawyer Peter Weekes gives him a job as an assistant apprentice. The boys catch him putting a letter in his pocket and follow him to prove he is untrustworthy.

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S4.E6 ∙ 1945: Welcome Home, Tommy Atkins

Sat, Apr 28, 1973

Philip Hedley returns from war with post traumatic stress disorder, and he relives his war ordeal. He kidnaps the boys thinking they are his soldiers.

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S4.E7 ∙ 1945: It Fell off the Back of a Lorry

Sat, May 05, 1973

The boys find out from Mr. Whitehead, the grocer, that there are bandits in the area that wait for deliveries to local grocers and then rob them. Mathew finds them out and jumps in the back of the lorry and leaves a trail for the police.

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S4.E8 ∙ 1945: Charity Begins at...

Sat, May 12, 1973

A con artist in a soldiers uniform comes into town. He gives the grocer a donation tin and encourages the grocer to beg for donations. He also tells him that it will be collected by someone else in two days.

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S4.E9 ∙ 1945: Things Are Not What They Seem

Sat, May 19, 1973

Mrs Flaxton has to sell some paintings to pay her taxes. An art appraiser takes one of the paintings without telling anyone. They notice the missing painting, but where is the appraiser?

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