![]() ![]() We will be exploring the extent to which the traditional crafts and skills of ordinary people in the Victorian era have been forgotten.” ![]() In the same vein as Lion’s recent BBC commission History Detectives, Victorian Farm will seek to make new discoveries about a lost way of life. “The Victorian period was a pivotal time in Britain’s agricultural history. In Victorian Farm, historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter ‘Fonz’ Ginn are assisted by various specialists and expert craftsmen.ĭavid Upshal, the executive producer of Victorian Farm, says: ![]() Much like its predecessor, Victorian Farm will follow a team of experts who become Victorian farmers, working on a late 19th Century style farm using only materials and resources that were available in the era, tending to livestock, repairing buildings, growing and preparing food, and crafting furniture and tools. This new 6 part TV series, made by Lion Television, reunites many of the specialists who featured in the 12 part award winning series Tales from the Green Valley, which was produced and directed by Peter Sommer, and broadcast on BBC2 in 2005. It is available now for order on DVD – just £17.99 including free delivery in the UK, scroll down for details. ![]() Victorian Farm, the long awaited sequel to Tales from the Green Valley was shown in autumn 2008 on BBC2. ![]()
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