Tales from the Green Valley

Synopsis: A series of 12 x 30-minute programmes in which five archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm on the Welsh borders for a year, as it would have been in the reign of James I. Working without modern conveniences they try and turn theory into practice, rediscovering how things were done in the year 1620. The group live off the land, eating food they grow and wearing clothes they create, using only 400-year-old manuals for point of reference. Each episode focuses on a month in the life of the farm, following the seasonal tasks.

DVD extras inbclude: picture gallery, a 1620 farm calendar, James I biography, additional footage, production notes.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2005
Notes: Broadcast in 12 weekly parts on BBC2 beginning 14/10/05
Subjects: Agriculture; Archaeology; History
Keywords: history of the 17th century; social history; agricultural history; experimental archaeology

Name: Lion Television
Contact: Francesca Rich and Bill Locke (PA to MD and BL - Executive Producer)
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