A Family At War: Complete Series 1 (1970) (DIVX)

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Plot Outline:

A Family At War is a powerful wartime story which follows the dramatic events in the life of the Ashtons, a middle class Liverpudlian family, during the turbulent period of the Second World War.

The epic series dramatises the hardship, pain and tragedy that was often inflicted on ordinary families as sons were sent abroad to fight, children were evacuated and those who remained at home lived in constant fear of being bombed.

Written by the highly acclaimed writer John Finch (Coronation Street, Spoils Of War and Sam) the series was originally broadcast on ITV on 1970. It ran for a total of 50 hour long episodes throughout the early 1970's

Cast:

Colin Douglas ... Edwin Ashton (44 episodes, 1970-1972)
Barbara Flynn ... Freda Ashton / ... (40 episodes, 1970-1972)
Leslie Nunnerley ... Margaret Ashton / ... (39 episodes, 1970-1972)
Coral Atkins ... Sheila Ashton (34 episodes, 1970-1972)
John McKelvey ... Sefton Briggs (32 episodes, 1970-1972)
Colin Campbell ... David Ashton (30 episodes, 1970-1972)
Shelagh Fraser ... Jean Ashton (27 episodes, 1970-1971)
T.R. Bowen ... Tony Briggs (25 episodes, 1970-1972)
Ian Thompson ... John Porter (24 episodes, 1970-1972)
Keith Drinkel ... Philip Ashton (19 episodes, 1970-1971)
Diana Davies ... Doris Jackson (17 episodes, 1970-1972)
John Nettles ... Ian Mackenzie (14 episodes, 1971-1972)
Mark Jones ... Michael Armstrong (12 episodes, 1970-1972)

Season 1

Episode 1: The Facts of Life
Original Air Date: 14 April 1970

Episode Description:

The episode begins with Edwin and Jean Ashton's wedding anniversary. David Ashton is expecting to be given a job in the printing works, but Sefton promotes his son to manager instead of Edwin, and, in desperation David joins the RAF. Philip Ashton is anxious to get back to war in Spain, and Margaret Ashton brings home John Porter for the first time.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e01 - The Facts of Life.avi
File Size: 515,496,322 bytes
Duration: 51:14.200
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 2: To Die for Spain
Original Air Date: 21 April 1970

Episode Description:

Philip Ashton decides to return to Spain to rejoin his old brigade in the Spanish Civil War, much to the dismay of the rest of his family. After some time in Spain he is wounded and returns home.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e02 - To Die for Spain.avi
File Size: 502,807,100 bytes
Duration: 49:58.600
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 3: Lines of Battle
Original Air Date: 28 April 1970

Episode Description:

June 1939: Margaret Ashton marries John Porter. Gwyn Roberts is in trouble.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e03 - Lines of Battle.avi
File Size: 481,802,278 bytes
Duration: 47:54.040
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
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=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 4: The Summer Before the War
Original Air Date: 5 May 1970

Episode Description:

Margaret is busy evacuating schoolchildren and John is drafted. David now in the Airforce, meets a local girl, Peggy, whom he gets pregnant. Sheila decides she can't bear to have her kids evacuated - much to the family's disapproval. Relations between Sefton and Tony become more strained. In the final scene we hear Chamberlain's speech announcing the outbreak of war.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e04 - The Summer Before the War.avi
File Size: 513,618,970 bytes
Duration: 51:03.960
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 5: The Gate of the Year
Original Air Date: 12 May 1970

Episode Description:

Margaret is feeling the strain of living with John's Mother, and decides to pop home for the evening, as she has done often in the past. John gets an emergency posting overseas and has two hours before his train leaves. He arrives home after Margaret has gone out and because his mother pretends not to know where Margaret is goes abroad without seeing her and it is Edwin who tells him that Margaret is expecting a baby.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e05 - The Gate of the Year.avi
File Size: 506,170,604 bytes
Duration: 50:20.360
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1199 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 6: The Breach in the Dyke
Original Air Date: 19 May 1970

Episode Description:

Tony Briggs agrees to help find a flat for Margaret and her baby. After an argument with Mrs. Porter, Margaret moves back home. John Porter is fighting in France, gets separated from the rest of his division and is hit by a lorry on the road.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e06 - The Breach in the Dyke.avi
File Size: 487,275,234 bytes
Duration: 48:26.800
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 7: The War Office Regrets
Original Air Date: 26 May 1970

Episode Description:

The Ashton family is still waiting for news of John Porter. Sheila has taken a job at the Naafi. David come home on a 48-hour leave and Sheila asks him if he knows a girl called Peggy (she has received an anonymous letter). Harry Porter has received a letter from the war office saying that John is missing, presumed killed and after keeping it to himself for two days, takes it round to the Ashtons.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e07 - The War Office Regrets.avi
File Size: 506,358,900 bytes
Duration: 50:21.600
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1199 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 8: For Strategic Reasons
Original Air Date: 30 June 1970

Episode Description:

Excerpts from episodes 2, 3, 4, & 6 showing how Phillip Ashton came to be in Guernsey.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e08 - For Strategic Reasons.avi
File Size: 510,004,908 bytes
Duration: 50:42.080
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 9: The Night They Hit No. 8
Original Air Date: 7 July 1970

Episode Description:

A night of bad air raids on Liverpool - David and Sheila's children can't be found.The local policeman brings a lost boy for the Ashton's to look after. Margaret gives birth to a son.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e09 - The Night They Hit No. 8.avi
File Size: 461,658,752 bytes
Duration: 45:55.520
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1199 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 10: One of Ours
Original Air Date: 14 July 1970

Episode Description:

David Ashton is the navigator in a Wellington bomber crew in a raid over Germany and the aircraft is hit on the return home. Fred Ashton is angry about Sheila's relationship with Bob O' Connell.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e10 - One of Ours.avi
File Size: 491,150,458 bytes
Duration: 48:49.560
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 11: Brothers in War
Original Air Date: 21 July 1970

Episode Description:

Robert, the youngest son is home from Nautical college. His mother will not be accept that he is now grown up, as this only means he will be called up. Peter Collins meets Freda again and we sense that she is not particularly keen on seeing him. David and Phillip meet in a pub with Susan present - it becomes obvious that Phillip is more Susan's type, but when David discovers that Phillip is going away,, probably to the Middle East he gives way.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e11 - Brothers in War.avi
File Size: 494,093,762 bytes
Duration: 49:08.280
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1199 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 12: If It's Got Your Number on It
Original Air Date: 28 July 1970

Episode Description:

Freda has to work late, and on the way home meets an Australian airman, Owen Thomas , in a public air raid shelter. She goes out with Owen for a week and is discovered with him one night by her childhood boyfriend, Peter Collins. A fight ensues. At the end of the episode Peter is killed by a bomb. Phillip is home on embarkation leave.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e12 - If It's Got Your Number on It.avi
File Size: 495,279,238 bytes
Duration: 49:14.400
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

Episode 13: The End of the Beginning
Original Air Date: 4 August 1970

Episode Description:

It is Christmas and their is much dissension in the Ashton family. An incendiary bomb has landed on the roof, revealing amongst the wreckage caused in the bedroom, a copy of Jean's Mothers will, which upsets Edwin. Jean is furious with him for signing papers allowing Robert to go to sea. Freda is unsure of her feelings for Owen who has arrived for Christmas, Tony comes home on leave and finds Sefton ill with flu and more difficult than usual. Margaret is finding the strain of the situation unbearable. The episode is mainly about the changes the war is causing in the family.

=== File Information ===
File Name: A Family At War Series 1 e13 - The End of the Beginning.avi
File Size: 489,270,170 bytes
Duration: 48:38.120
=== Video Information ===
Video Codec: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Frame Size: 720 x 576 (AR: 1.250)
FPS: 25.000
Video Bitrate: 1200 kbps
Bits per Pixel: 0.116 bpp
=== Audio Information ===
Audio Codec: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps [2 channel(s)] CBR
No. of audio streams: 1

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