Episode 4
Documentary series following a team living as Victorian farmers. There are lambs and pigs to be delivered, which means Alex and Peter need to master animal midwifery.
Historical observational documentary series following a team living the life of Victorian farmers for a year. Wearing period clothes and using only the materials that would have been available in 1885, historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn are going back in time to relive the day-to-day life of the Victorian farmer.
The project is based on the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire - a world frozen in time, lost in Victorian rural England. Its buildings and grounds are cluttered with antique tools and machinery collected by the Acton family, who have lived on the estate since the 12th century.
Working for a full calendar year, Ruth, Alex and Peter rediscover a lost world of skills, crafts and knowledge assisted by an ever-dwindling band of experts who keep Victorian rural practices alive. Each month and season brings pressing priorities, from tending to livestock and repairing buildings to raising crops, preparing food and crafting furniture and tools. Can they make a success of farming the Victorian way?
It is spring and there are lambs and pigs to be delivered, which means Alex and Peter need to master animal midwifery. A prized ewe is in danger and a lame horse may jeopardise vital work on the farm.
The team turns to Victorian science in a bid to save their struggling crops. If they succeed, they will have something to celebrate at the May Day fair. If they fail, all their hard work will have been in vain. It is make or break time on the Victorian Farm.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Stuart Elliott |
Producer | Stuart Elliott |
Producer | David Upshal |
Broadcasts
- Thu 29 Jan 2009 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Sat 31 Jan 2009 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Tue 10 Mar 2009 01:15
- Wed 6 May 2009 20:00
- Tue 29 Sep 2009 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England
- Wed 30 Sep 2009 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 29 Dec 2009 11:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Mon 21 May 2018 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Thu 25 Jul 2019 14:45