The team attempt to tackle the conditions faced by British farmers in late 1940, as the heavy bombing of the Blitz destroyed Britain's cities and drove millions to seek refuge in the countryside. Alex and Peter have to work in the freezing cold to tu... (more)rn inhabitable outbuildings into refugee shelters. They also are taught how to set up 'decoy fires' to distract German bombers. Ruth becomes involved with the Royal Observer Corps.