Victorian Farm

Synopsis: A six-part television series which challenged a group of experts, including a food historian and two archaeologists, to rediscover the skills and tools of the mid-19th century and run a mock-Victorian farm in Shropshire. For the six programmes Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands devoted a year of their lives to re-creating life in a 19th century rural environment. From the warmth of summer to the depths of winter, the clock has been turned back over a hundred years to rediscover this almost forgotten world.

From planting and harvesting crops to animal husbandry; from building pigsties to bee-keeping; from tree-felling to driving steam engines and operating period machinery, this hardy group - in their search for the authentic experience - undertook it all, wearing period costumes and using only tools and materials available in 1885. The team has to survive In a rural world without flushing toilets, running water, street lights, motor vehicles,gas or electricity.

DVD extras include: original series trailer; a VICTORIAN FARM calendar; picture gallery; Subtitles
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2002009
Notes: Broadcast in six 60-minute parts on BBC2 beginning 8/1/2009
Subjects: Agriculture; Archaeology; History; Veterinary science
Keywords: animal husbandry; social history; agricultural history

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