THE LAND GIRLS

GB
1998
1hr 51mins
Dir: David Leland
Starring: Rachel Weisz and Catherine McCormack

Events in the lives of three land girls during the Second World War

This drama is based on the 1995 book Land Girls by Angela Huth and it features some good shots filmed on the West Somerset Railway, with Crowcombe Heathfield station masquerading as ‘Bamford’. Locomotives appearing in these scenes are 4500 Class 2-6-2T No.4561 and 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No.7760.