Name: Victorian Farm
Released: 2009-01-09T01:00:00.000Z
Cast: Alex Langlands, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn

TV Show · Documentary · History

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 re-live the day to day life of the Victorian farmer.

2009 · 59m

Starring Alex Langlands, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn

Director Stuart Elliot

EPISODE 1

Program 1

Restoring a cottage; experiencing steam- and horse-powered machinery; making cider from an apple harvest; learning shepherding skills.

58m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Winterproofing; stocking up on animal feed; building a pigsty; learning to drive a shire horse.

59m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The farm needs emergency repairs as the new year arrives and help is needed from the woodsman, blacksmith and basket maker; Ruth makes traditional potions.

58m
EPISODE 4

Program 4

Alex and Peter master animal midwifery; a lame horse jeopardizes farm work; the team works to save its crops.

59m
EPISODE 5

Program 5

The team takes a steam train trip; Ruth makes cheese; Alex tries beekeeping.

58m
EPISODE 6

Program 6

The team harvests the wheat crop; Alex and Peter deal with the reaper binder; Harvest Festival celebration.

58m

Alex Langlands

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Ruth Goodman

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Peter Ginn

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Stuart Elliot

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