Evacuation (TV series)
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| Evacuation | |
|---|---|
| Narrated by | Matt Baker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 20 (as of Friday 15 February 2008) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 mins approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC1; CBBC Channel |
| Original airing | September 4, 2006 - |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Evacuation is a television series broadcast on CBBC in the UK.
It is a reality show for children, in which 6 boys and 6 girls from cities, all aged 12, are taken back to wartime Britain, where their lives are changed dramatically. For two weeks, they live just as evacuees in World War II would have done.
The show is presented by former Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker, who in Series One occasionally steps in to speak to and/or help the children when no other adults are there and also sometimes interacts briefly with the adults during his pieces to camera. However, in Series Two, there is a slight change in the format: Matt mainly does pieces to camera (still occasionally interacting with the adults) and stays very much in the background.
[edit] Series One
The first series of Evacuation began transmission on CBBC One at 16:30, 4 September 2006. Most of children enjoyed differrent hobbies and missed their parents over the last two weeks
The children who were 'evacuated' to the farm were:
- Luke Barton
- Felix Chancellor-Burton
- Harry Cracknell (London)
- Richard Hall
- Charlie McCutcheon (Coventry)
- Josh Opoku (London)
- Laura Adegoke (London)
- Natalie Hancock (Newcastle)
- Tia Hatton
- Joanna Lau (Cardiff)
- Chelsea Thompson (Liverpool)
- Natalie Travis (Birmingham)(who didn't last the series' run; she left after only the first three episodes due to feeling homesick)
The adults were:
- Mr. Brian and Mrs. Sue Rivett, who own the farm
- The school teacher Miss Young
- Mr. Storey, the local ARP Warden
- Farmhand Mr. Patrick
- Women's Land Army member Miss Victoria
- Matthew, the ploughman
- Home Guardsman Private Pickard
[edit] Series Two
The second series, subtitled "to the Manor House", began transmission on CBBC One at 17:00, 17 January 2008.
This time, the children were evacuated to Pradoe Hall, and begin to learn about the class divide in the 1940s, working in the servants' quarters as opposed to the luxury of the rich.
The children who were 'evacuated' to the manor house were:
- Nishith Hegde (Birmingham)
- Jack Smith
- Samir Sayah (London)
- Sean Williams (Liverpool)
- Scott Dunstan (Falmouth)
- Daniel Rushton (Yorkshire)
- Shaaron Somasanduram
- Olivia Barry (London)
- Rachel Hardy
- Mary Ellen Jones (Bristol)
- Jade Hitchmough (Liverpool)
- Annabella Jacobs
- Sade Philpotts (London)
The adults were:
- Lord and Lady Olstead, who own the manor house
- Miss Young, the school teacher
- Mr. Henderson, the butler
- Mrs. Dobinson, the housekeeper
- Cook (never named on-screen)
- Mr. Goodall, the gamekeeper
- Miss Victoria, the kitchen hand
- Sergeant Rae
- Nurse
- Home Guard Colonel
- Mr. Lewis, the ARP Warden
- Episode 1: The children arrived at Pradoe Hall, where they experienced their first taste of 1940s clothes and food, as well as learning about class.
- Episode 2: The girls cooked, picked flowers and polished silverware, while the boys polished shoes, milked goats and cleared up muck. They then (except for Sam) got to enjoy a special luncheon with Lady Olstead.
- Episode 3: The boys discover how unfair life in the 1940s can be when the girls receive a special invite to afternoon tea while they have to build a fire.
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