Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS | 01 | 20120902 | 20120908 | By John Steinbeck. A family heads west in search of work, but thousands are on the move. By John Steinbeck Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit. Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. | |
| CS | 01 | Exodus | 20011230 | 20020105 20120902 (BBC7) 20130227 (BBC7) 20130228 (BBC7) | John Steinbeck's masterpiece, set in 1930s America. dramatised by Steve Chambers, with John Schwab as Tom JoadReleased from prison, Tom Joad returns to the family farm, but the land is parched and the farmsteads destroyed. Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit. Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. By John Steinbeck. A family heads west in search of work, but thousands are on the move. |
| CS | 02 | 20120909 | 20120915 | By John Steinbeck Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The Joads have travelled from Oklahoma to California in search of work, only to discover thousands like them have also been on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land temporarily in tatters. Director: Kirsty Williams. By John Steinbeck. The Joad family head back on the road with their dream in tatters. By John Steinbeck Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The Joads have travelled from Oklahoma to California in search of work, only to discover thousands like them have also been on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land temporarily in tatters. Director: Kirsty Williams. | |
| CS | 02 | The Journey West | 20020106 | 20020112 20120909 (BBC7) 20130228 (BBC7) 20130301 (BBC7) | Shaken by Grampa's death, the Joads continue their journey to California. By John Steinbeck Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. The Joads have travelled from Oklahoma to California in search of work, only to discover thousands like them have also been on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land temporarily in tatters. Director: Kirsty Williams. By John Steinbeck. The Joad family head back on the road with their dream in tatters. |
| CS | 03 LAST | 20120916 | 20120922 20130301 (BBC7) 20130302 (BBC7) | By John Steinbeck. When Tom and Casy are attacked by a mob of vigilantes, Tom hits back. By John Steinbeck Dramatised by Donna Franceschild A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Just as the Joads money and food run out, they find work on a peach farm. But Tom discovers they're breaking a strike led by their old friend Casy the Preacher. Tom and Casy are ambushed by a Deputy Sheriff and a mob of vigilantes and Casy is killed. In his fury, Tom hits back before running for his life. The Joad family's dream of a promised land is about to end. Director: Kirsty Williams. | |
| CS | 03 LAST | The Promised Land | 20020113 | 20020119 | |
| TPTT | 20041127 |