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Archaeologist Dr Ben Robinson tells the story of the English countryside after VE Day. Britain needed to rebuild the country into somewhere that could feed Britain and provide space for people to enjoy their hard-won peace. Farming and our use of the countryside were changed by the war. Using aerial filming, archaeologist Dr Ben Robinson reveals the clues in the landscape that reveal the revolution that happened at the end of the war, how the ancient 'grain' of the landscape that had been here for 1,000 years was altered. We take the countryside for granted today but the Second World War was the catalyst for huge changes in rural England. The decisions made in the war led to the most important pieces of legislation for the countryside in the 20th century, modernising farming and strengthening our relationship with the countryside. These changes did for rural England what Beveridge did for the NHS and the welfare state. Today, thanks to the changes that started to happen at the end of WW2, farming is a superefficient, mechanised industry and the countryside is regarded as a place of leisure.