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While the Men are Away: God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It! (SBS Wednesday 4 October 2023)

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October 3, 2023

While the Men are Away: God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It! airs Wednesday 4 October 2023 on SBS.

What is this episode about

Now that Frankie has the key to Harry’s safe deposit box, he can get his hands on some cash. When Gwen and Esther see their first paychecks, they can’t believe it. The same as a man! For the first time, Kathleen receives her paycheck on the same day as the rest of the staff, as Frankie hands out the paychecks instead of Harry. Seeing her get paid in rations and a few coins makes everyone uncomfortable because it highlights their vast economic disparities.

With Michela De Rossi (Francesca), Phoebe Grainer (Kathleen), Benedict Hardie (Des),

Season 1 Episode 3

Two Women’s Land Army recruits, an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous domestic, and their draft-dodging farmhand work together to run the family farm while the men are away fighting in WWII. But will the unlikely freedom and kinship they find last after the men return home?