Britain's First World War is fought as much in kitchens and factories as in trenches, and this episode of The Great War in Numbers tracks how the conflict reshaped everyday routines. Women move into munitions factories to keep shells flowing to the front, taking on work and wages that would have been unthinkable in 1913. Wartime regulation reaches into small pleasures too: bonfires are banned as a precaution against enemy aircraft, and pub opening hours are slashed to keep munitions workers sober and productive. As German U-boats squeeze imports, food shortages turn into long queues outside shops, then into riots when supplies run out entirely, and finally into a formal rationing system introduced to prevent outright starvation. Using period statistics and archival material, the film builds a picture of a civilian population absorbing the war's demands household by household, showing how a country manages hunger, labor, and morale simultaneously while men are away fighting.