Even the blandest TV suit wouldn't be interested in the idea of mismatched land girls being thrown together on a farm nowadays, it has become such a cliche that its easy to forget how original Backs to the Land was on first broadcast. The WLA were little more than a historical footnote back then, their immense contribution almost forgotten by all but the girls themselves, who were only in middle age when Terese, Philippa, Marilyn and Pippa ran riot in Clayfield. Backs to the Land is probably the best sitcom you've never seen and its a real irony that it has been forgotten as completely as the people who inspired it had been.
Review of Backs to the Land
