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.
EPISODE 1
Program 1
Restoring a cottage; experiencing steam- and horse-powered machinery; making cider from an apple harvest; learning shepherding skills.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Winterproofing; stocking up on animal feed; building a pigsty; learning to drive a shire horse.
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.
EPISODE 4
Program 4
Alex and Peter master animal midwifery; a lame horse jeopardizes farm work; the team works to save its crops.
EPISODE 5
Program 5
The team takes a steam train trip; Ruth makes cheese; Alex tries beekeeping.
EPISODE 6
Program 6
The team harvests the wheat crop; Alex and Peter deal with the reaper binder; Harvest Festival celebration.
Alex Langlands
Ruth Goodman
Peter Ginn
Stuart Elliot
