It's not really enough to TELL us it's 1941, put the women in turbans and show the odd uniform if there's no FEEL of the period; frankly Foyle's War (a series on English TV) had more feel for the times and that was far from spot-on in period detail. As it stands Lands Girls could easily be an extra long episode of Heartbeat, or Peak Practice (two other series on English TV, the former set in the 1960s). Probably on paper and/or at the pitching stage this passed muster; a little-explored facet of the second world war with fat parts for women, sign here, Mr. Producer and order a second roller: on screen, however, it's a different story. The acting is fine - as it should be with people like Tome Georgeson in the cast - as it's reasonably well photographed but it's impossible that these people are actually living in 1941 and you can practically see the mobile phones come out in between takes. For the easily pleased.
Review of The Land Girls
