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
Credits
- Contributor
- Alex Langlands; Peter Ginn; Ruth Goodman
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 360 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Acorn Media UK
- customerservices@acorndvd.com
- Web
- http://www.acorndvd.com/ External site opens in new window
- Fax
- 020 7627 250
- Address
- 55 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5SQ - Notes
- Founded in 1997, Acorn specialises in distributing archival television programmes, predominantly licensed from the BBC and ITV. Sale on DVD and Blu-Ray, in Region 2 PAL format, direct and via retail outlets.
- Name
BBC Shop
- bbcshop@bbc.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.bbcshop.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0844 848 9799
- Fax
- 01795 414 555
- Address
- PO Box 308
Sittingbourne
ME9 8LW - Notes
- The BBC Shop closed on March 29th 2016. It was replaced by the BBC Store (www.bbcstore.com) where many BBC programmes can be bought and downloaded in digital format only. The BBC continues to make many of its programmes available on DVD and Blu-Ray but these are now only available from other online retailers.
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