Farms: Victorian Farm Episode III
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Victorian Farm is a historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, it recreates everyday life on a small farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Episode 3 New Year arrives and the farm needs emergency repairs. So the team go back to DIY basics, with the help of the woodsman, the blacksmith and the basket maker. Ruth has a go at some traditional potions and remedies. When the wheat crop comes under attack, it is time for some pest control, Victorian style, as Alex and Peter join a pheasant hunt. Alex goes out catching rabbits with a team of Victorian poachers. And with spring around the corner, the first baby animals are ready to be born.
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When Ruth was making her hand 'creme' she said, "egg yolk" but she put egg white in it, not the yolk. Maybe she was too tired to remember the difference. A lot of those homemade remedies and shoe/boot polish products are more environmentally friendly. I loved Owen Jones's basket. Great series!
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Continuity issue. 4.13 the basket that has yet to be made is in the background. Or the basketmaker makes a second one. Or it's not supposed to be strictly chronological. Although I don't believe that. Having said that they merrily did the xmas special in summer which was odd.
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That blacksmith was grumpy in the forge episode. Poor bunnies. Weren't there any Victorian Vegetarians?
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The basket maker doesn't even wear gloves.
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Love these series. The presenters are amazing !!!!!!
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Thank you so much for uploading this series, I absolutely love stuff like this, I was wondering have they done other series - other timeperiods?
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Adding in my bit of Ruth love, what a fantastic woman, truly an inspiration.
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I see the Ruth fan club has started. I'm here for the Peter one. :P
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wow,looks like modern civilization would perish if it wasnt for good old supermarkets and the immersion,how lazy is humanity today.....we would be lost if we had to actually depend on oneself
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Sheep farmer, Richard Spencer is one of my all-time favorite guests. He is hilarious.
Alex, looking for the sheep teats: How far apart are they? Richard: The usual distance, one on each side- they come in pairs.
When Alex turns the sheep over... Richard: Look at that ? on that man's face! Look at that, he'll sleep well tonight. -
I was raised on a farm, eating home cooked food most of the time. It was often simple, somewhat quick, and economical. It was always tasty, but could become a bit monotonous occasionally. I feel that situation is fairly similar to the food in this series. MOST of the stuff I could enjoy. But I'm curious about 1 thing .... why does it seem that almost everything has to be in a pie? Many of the meals could have just as easily been left as a pot baesd stew or soup, perhaps a casserole type. But they love putting all the stuff in a sealed pie. And at least a couple places in the series and others of the genre, they go as far to say the crust is considered expendable. So I wonder why they do it the pie way so often. Curious.
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This whole thing just has me astounded and I feel like a lazy, shiftless louse. I so appreciate what our past families went through and the determination to make things better and easier. Yet at the same time we are dealing with the 'easy' overweight, low appreciation, lack of value and seeing the beauty in nature.
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Great series but no ear protection while shooting is never a good idea.
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did one of the pigs die? they had two and princess...
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I love ruth! Watching her bounce up and down on that basket and exclaim "flippin' a" really made me smile.
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I wonder if they tag team Ruth
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Haha.......... the Victorian Foodbanks. lol
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I love how the guy was like "Can we have some quiet now pls?" But Tom was the only one who said something, and that was soft/1 sentence
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There's plenty about how people ate but not so much about what they drank. I take it the Victorian farmers weren't having wine with every meal, that was probably more for the higher classes. Ale, on the other hand, surely must have been plentiful.