While the Men are Away

2023
While the Men are Away

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

EP1 Get Behind The Girl He Left Behind! Sep 27, 2023

In 1940s Australia, the men are off fighting in WWII and Frankie finds herself in charge of her farm. She decides to enlist the help of two city dwellers to keep it running.

EP2 Furrowing the Führer's Brow Sep 27, 2023

All hands are needed as an insect infestation threatens the apple crop; Frankie tries to secure pesticide, but runs into a series of obstacles.

EP3 God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It! Oct 04, 2023

The group discovers that their internal baggage is as powerful as the patriarchy at blocking the road to their true selves.

EP4 She Talked! This Happened! Oct 04, 2023

The gang are faced with a profound moral issue that clashes with their attitudes, and realise they will have to let go of the things that no longer serve them to be able to survive.

EP5 Come And Join The Victory Harvest! Oct 11, 2023

Outside forces threaten the group's new-found bond, testing their strength and threatening to split them apart.

EP6 Catch Him With His Panzers Down! Oct 11, 2023

The group gains insight into a classic coercive tool of the patriarchy and uses it, only to discover that the repercussions for using are brutal.

EP7 We've Always Despised Them, Now We Must Smash Them! Oct 18, 2023

The group experiences life without friction, getting a taste of what life could be like and, when it comes under threat, realizing that it's worth fighting for.

EP8 We Took the Hill, Come and Help Us Keep It! Oct 18, 2023

As the war creeps closer, the group struggles to hold onto their collective dream. They're all forever changed by their time together and the knowledge that they're not alone.
6.2| en| Drama
Synopsis

While the men are away fighting in WWII, two Women’s Land Army recruits join an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous domestic, and their draft-dodging farmhand to run the family farm – but can the improbable freedom and kinship they find survive beyond the war?

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  • Top Credited Cast
Michela De Rossi as Francesca
Phoebe Grainer as Kathleen
Max McKenna as Gwen
Jana Zvedeniuk as Esther
Matt Testro as Robert
Shaka Cook as Murray