The show revolved around the life of Tom Grattan who was sent to live with relatives in Yorkshire during the Great War.
While living on the farm he has various adventures involving German spies, prejudice towards resident enemy aliens, saboteurs, escaped POWs, criminals and secret weapons.
[1] The series was filmed entirely on location in rural Yorkshire including making use of various rundown and abandoned castles, quarries and factories although the show did also feature vintage stock footage from the war.
Artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins appeared as a guest star in one multiple episode story line.
[3] 26 episodes were produced by Yorkshire Television[4] with the show originally airing between 1968 and 1970 in Britain[1] and was also carried in Canada on TV Ontario and in America on the American Broadcasting Company network.