The BEST episodes of The Village (2013) season 1

Every episode of The Village (2013) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Village (2013) season 1!

The story of 20th Century England is played out through a family in a Derbyshire village.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Episode 6
star
8.67
118 votes

#1 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2013

The war is over, and the village tries to come to terms with its loss. The debate over how best to honour their dead divides the community.

Writer: Peter Moffat
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Episode 5
star
8.62
115 votes

#2 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/2013

Joe's brief leave is over. He has tried hard to conceal his shell shock but Grace knows that something is wrong. Bert's actions have disastrous consequences for the family.

Writer: Peter Moffat
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Episode 3
star
8.27
123 votes

#3 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2013

Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.

Directors: Antonia Bird
Writer: Peter Moffat
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Episode 2
star
8.05
127 votes

#4 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2013

It is January 1915; the Middleton farm has fallen on very hard times, and John is drinking heavily. A strange incident then takes place at the manor house.

Directors: Antonia Bird
Writer: Peter Moffat
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Episode 4
star
7.97
115 votes

#5 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2013

Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.

Directors: Antonia Bird
Writer: Peter Moffat
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Episode 1
star
7.73
222 votes

#6 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/31/2013

Bert is the second oldest man in Britain, and a film is being made about his life and his village. He takes us back to the summer of 1914, when he was 12 years old.

Directors: Antonia Bird
Writer: Peter Moffat
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