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Tales from the Green Valley

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  Posted by shufflin' peasant (U1778121) on Tuesday, 4th October 2005

  Blimey, a reality TV, reconstruction, programme that’s totally excellent! Am I in some strange parallel TV universe?
  
  Tales from the Green Valley, Â鶹ԼÅÄ 2 half seven Friday night, has genuine experts doing a year of cultivation and cookery on a farm in Wales using seventeenth century technology, animal breeds and grains. I can’t believe that Â鶹ԼÅÄ2 have managed to produce a really good programme from the dodgy reality TV format – I think it’s because they used people who know what they’re doing to start with rather than the hairdressers and accountants who were sent back to the Iron Age in the seventies.
  
  Best history programme I’ve seen in ages. But, it should be on at a more sensible time when I’m not in the pub!
  
  I don’t like these new message boards much ... gggrrrrrrrrrr
  

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  Posted by DL (U1683040) on Tuesday, 4th October 2005

  Good morning Mr Peasant!
  
  There's an equally good one currently running on the History Channel at the moment called The Colony, which is essentially a re-enactment of the colonisation of Australia, with families from Ireland, England, Tasmania and an Aboriginal clan thrown into the middle of nowhere. It's quite good as they are following a particular time-line, with Governor's Proclamations having to be obeyed, and all that. They basically plonked them in the back-end of beyond with just tents to live in, and they've had to build houses, start farming, trade with the outside world etc.
  
  I'd recommend that one too!
  Cheers
  DL

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  Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Tuesday, 4th October 2005

  It is great, isn't it? And it's my period (more or less) as well!
  
  Hoorah for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ! It's nice to see that they accept that they don't need tantrums or people with no skill to make it interesting, as well. Particularly enjoyed the 'sheep wrestling'!

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  Posted by Ozymandias (U1727865) on Tuesday, 4th October 2005

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  Yes, I love it, too. What a lovely programme. It manages to authentically recreate history, warts and all. It gives a true sense of the life of people in the past and, although our life is vastly different to theirs, we see that we are not really any different to them.
  
  It is wonderful to sit within the comfort of your 21st century home and be transported into the ‘real’ past like that. I really enjoy the mundane detail of it all. Didn't they have to invest an awful lot of their time and energy into achieving a reasonably comfortable existence - and how fragile that existence could be.
  
  I enjoyed the programme that focussed on the reconstruction of their loo! This kind of history can be infinitely more intertesting than traditional political history, don't you think?
  
  Best Wishes, Oz.
  
  

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  Posted by shufflin' peasant (U1778121) on Friday, 7th October 2005

  I particularly enjoyed the efforts to yoke the pigs. I like pigs and am particularly interested in their contribution to the medieval peasant economy. This week it’s April, spring cleaning and chimney sweeping, so seventeenth century How to Clean your House, fascinating. I also enjoy the seasonal cooking with native ingredients.
  
  I’ll look out for The Colony – I just have the basic four terrestrial channels as you can’t get anything else in most of Dorset without giving cash to Rupert Murdoch for Sky.
  

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  Posted by Turnwrest (U2188092) on Monday, 10th October 2005

  Ditto for my part of Staffordshire. Annoying when something that sounds worth watching isn't accessible, isn't it?

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  Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Wednesday, 12th October 2005

  The same for Jersey, too.

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  Posted by ravenmyst (U1705088) on Friday, 14th October 2005

  Ooooo that Green Valley sounds fab, just my time period too, dam wish i'd got into it *sobs*
  
  I've watched the Colony, its far better than another one i'd seen cant recall the name but i believe it was pioneer families in the U.S. Much weeping wailing and nashing or whitened teeth, suprisingly the didnt cope to well.
  
  Those in the Colony are coping a lot better, it's a facinating project. Shame its only on Sky, maybe a re-run on normal TV?
  
  How much longer is the Green valley on for? i must toddle off and set a reminder!

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  Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Saturday, 15th October 2005

  Pioneer House, I believe it was called. Didn't see it, though.

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  Posted by smofalsh (U1895543) on Monday, 17th October 2005

  I agree that it is a great series, enacted by those who actually know their subject, but did I hear that they are unable to sleep onsite overnight due to the current PC Health & Safety Regulations?

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  Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Tuesday, 18th October 2005

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  That's was the narrator said at the start of the series, which begs the question why did the beds need cleaning, changing etc? Where were they living, considering they had to be on site from very early, and clearly didn't leave until late?

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  Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Tuesday, 18th October 2005

  By the way, I've just discovered that Ruth Goodman, one of the historians, also worked on 'Colonial House' (presumably as an advisor).
  
  You can visit here website:
  
  
  
  and also that of Alex Langlands, one of the archaeologists:
  
  
  
  

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