Victorian Farm Episode I

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 1
This was first broadcast on Thursday 8 January 2009 at 9 pm. The would-be farmers move into a disused cottage. This requires much renovation: replacing the coal-burning range, cleaning the chimney and refuelling from a narrowboat on a nearby canal; cleaning the bedroom by removing dead birds, disinfecting against bedbugs with turpentine and salt, restoring the lime plaster and redecorating.
In accordance with custom, they assist in the threshing of the previous year's crop of wheat, using a steam-powered thresher. A field is ploughed, harrowed and sown with the next year's crop using horse-drawn implements of the era. Apples are picked, milled and pressed to make cider while other fruits and berries are preserved as a spicy chutney.
A flock of Shropshire ewes is acquired and the first meal is cooked and eaten - a leg of boiled mutton.

[@missOhdrey]

For anyone wondering, here is the order in which the series were produced and what era they're about : 1- Tales from the Green Valley / 1620 (2005) 2- Victorian Farm / 1837-1901 (2009) 3- Victorian Pharmacy / 1837-1901 (2010) 4- Edwardian Farm / 1901-1910 (2011) 5- Wartime Farm / 1938-1946 (2012) 6- Tudor Monastery Farm /1457-1509 (2013) 6.5- Tudor Monastery Christmas Special (2013) 7- Secrets of the Castle / 13th century (2014) 8- Full Steam Ahead / Early 19th century(2016) 9- Victorian Bakers / 1837 (2016) *this one doesn't involve Ruth Goodman

[@calebbarger3902]

You are a hero

[@nyteashasullivan993]

What about full steam ahead?

[@valfletcher9285]

@@nyteashasullivan993 That one must have been after Secrets of The Castle ... but in historic order would be after either Victorian or Edwardian. I love them all! I am watching Vic Farm through for the second time 2 yrs later.

[@stevebrenner8503]

Is it possible to buy these on dvd in the U.S. I could not find anything

[@valfletcher9285]

@@stevebrenner8503 Oh no I hope they have not taken them down! I love these and watch and re watch them from time to time!

[@blaznskais2048]

Ruth-"Awwww I am a pyromaniac!" Man I love her, she has so much character and joy for life. She the kind of woman I would want my daughters to look up to.

[@Hollis_has_questions]

sons, too, i hope. if not yours, then sons in general.

[@roefane2258]

My son and daughter love her.

[@bunbun-ls8bi]

Ordinary people like me, when we see these dilapidated buildings we go "Ugh, look at its condition!" But these historians when they said "fantastic!", "lovely!", they really meant it. And that is infectious, making one look at things differently.

[@JPlovesmusic]

the plow turning the grass/soil like that is hypnotizing.

[@strawberrycream2974]

it really is.

[@purplexenno]

I grew up on a 5 acre farm, you get used to it after a while. There's just to much to do.

[@tomservo5347]

I caught myself mesmerized by it also. I could imagine how peaceful of an experience that would be using horses to plow-without the mechanical noise we're so used to. I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa used a team of horses until the '50's. My grandma told me about how she used to cultivate corn with a team of mules. You had stirrups on the cultivator you'd push down the shovels with, and your weight on the seat would lift them. She said the mules were so smart that after a few rounds they'd learn to turn on their own and she claimed they could almost do the field by themselves. I'd love to try my hand at working a team of mules to plow, mow, disc, etc.

[@brettknoss486]

In drier areas, a weight such as a peice of concrete, was sometimes placed on the plow. I do have to wonder how tall a person that plow is designed for, it looks like it would be less awkward if it was waist height, or slightly higher.

[@KimmyQueen]

Totally

[@poetryjones7946]

I wish they'd do more of these! Iron Age/Medieval Settlement - Green Valley re-do Restoration Farm - Regency Era Exploration - 1920s Farm - totally addicted to this series!

[@anngamula2602]

yes yes yes please, that would b fabulous!!!! (im so over autopsy-drama shows)

[@GwydionStone]

Absolutely/ They could do the Iron Age at Butser Farm, in Hampshire.

[@poetryjones7946]

Gwydion Stone That would be fascinating! 👍🏼

[@jellysharkbat]

I'd love to see that! I can only imagine what life must been like during the Normal Invasion. I'd also like to see Bronze Age farming.

[@GwydionStone]

The Normal Invasion? Isn't that still ongoing? ;)

[@poetryjones7946]

Another series I'd love to see is Ruth doing Housewives of Different Era's - a domestic history series! Housekeeping, cooking, crafts, dress, hair, fashions, customs, entertainment, holidays... ❤️❤️

[@mariecarie1]

I feel like I've seen Lucy Worsley do something along those lines in one of her shows. Couldn't tell you what it's called though :(

[@andrea178]

What a brilliant idea

[@KoriEmerson]

ONLY IF SHE CUTS HER NAILS!!!.. a lady would not be caught DEAD with her nails that long and in such condition .

[@gardentreasures7319]

@@KoriEmerson You do realize she handles coal for the range every day? That will stain nails, as will many varieties of berries, the blueing for the laundry and working in the garden. Even scrubbing with a brush and plenty of soap and water won't get the stains out, so if you are referring to her nails being stained, it's a part of that life.

[@sueclark5763]

There's something like "Life along the High Street" that's similar to this.

[@Hannah-nl5qq]

"Making sure the men are all fed and watered" lmao like they're additional livestock the wife has to feed

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

I love it!...........lol.

[@angelwhispers2060]

I'm sure once all the lovey-dovey stuff of the first few years has worn off and it becomes a lot more routine especially once the children are up of a useful age. They and the husband and the laborers become a little more like additional livestock... Particularly if one of them does something exceptionally daft I can imagine it would be a bit easier to forgive them if you think of them as a bit more simple like animals. Children in many ways are like a exceptionally intelligent dogs what you teach them when they're very young are the things that will stick the most. The rest is a matter of how well you can keep the structure around them to continually produce the same result. And a battle of wits as they become smarter trying to find your limit so that you let them skive off out of sheer frustration ;p bit like disobedient horses by the time they make teenagers...

[@PCplays99]

Reality series such as this are more than just entertainment. They're history, they're basically real, they're valuable and in other words they are so worth watching. It would be hard to find better things to watch than BBC and British productions.

[@cherylmckelvey9816]

So true. BritBox is on Roku and it's well worth the $12 / mth

[@thekeeler846]

Alex does a good job watching Peter do the actual work, and needling him all the while.

[@Katharina-rp7iq]

Fun fact: when he was making plaster and talked about age old techniques...we made our plaster the same way, around 2002 last time we needed it. With a really old metal bathtub looking thing and old wooden rake lacking a few teeth cause plastic breaks and steel is too good to be covered in plaster.

[@lakestephens]

That is EXACTLY the comment I came on here to make. So squeamish, never takes off his coat or rolls up his sleeves (literally and figuratively). You constantly see him walking beside some other expert who is doing the work for him. Peter may fumble along, but at least he gets stuck in.

[@desertdaisymarie6951]

Alex had a back injury happen before production..

[@Broopster5]

I've seen every series with "the team" and hope the keep making more. The history is fascinating and they have a wonderful chemistry with one another.

[@adinamedrea5303]

We need MORE of this kind of shows featuring Ruth, Peter and Alex.... such an awesome and educative program!!! I love them! 😊❤🇷🇴👍

[@melaniehamilton6550]

I just ran across these shows and I'm fascinated by the concept. I'm only two generations removed from farming as a way of life and loved to visit my great aunts and uncles who owned and worked farms. I'm really enjoying the draft horses. Such beautiful creatures. Gentle giants. I spent a fair amount of time with draft horses and mules (more commonly used on American farms) during my visits. Loved every minute of it!

[@mariecarie1]

I grew up on a small farm (very small compared to lots of American farms) that's been in the family since the 1870s. While there are some differences between British and American farm life, the basics are largely the same. It's neat for me to picture my great-great-great-great grandpa Isaac doing this.

[@erikcarter4008]

Secretly, of course, they were training to be the U.K's "first" time travel agents

[@KimmyQueen]

Yassssss

[@71mrspeel]

I would LOVE to have a farm cottage like the boys and Ruth have!!

[@marieelena]

Yes, they did fix it up nicely!...I always loved those British cottages.

[@KoriEmerson]

seriously.. All anyone needs is enough. Enough is as good as a feast.

[@Muck006]

In case anyone is interested ... the "Book of the Farm" is available for download on the internet. More than 1000 pages including drawings ...

[@mariecarie1]

Oh how cool! Yes, thanks for sharing!

[@Hollis_has_questions]

yes. i've been sharing it on social media for years now.

[@Spitalhatch]

My grandparents lived like this up to the 1950s when water was connected to their cottage in Hampshire. I spent much of my childhood with no running water, bath in front of the fire on Friday night, candles and an oil lamp for lighting while Nana cooked all the meals on a wood range lit every day, winter and summer, to provide hot water. It was a thrill to be able to look up the chimney and see the steps built in for the sweeps' boy to climb up in earlier times.

[@treetrout3987]

I've done, pretty much all that these fine people do - i'd say 80 - 90 % - Hardest are the ploughing ( all field work ) Picking spuds ( and they had a machine!!! ) Harvests of all sorts, And work in a farm house which, being My Grandfather's was basically a Victorian 'Home " - outhouse, pump etc. The pump was a real improvement...loved by all believe me. Some really fond memories - breaking out the chutney &pasta. Jiggs dinners, pig roasts. I live in England's oldest colony - Newfoundland, Canada. A lot of my Childhood, I recall fondly is reflected in the way images on this show and the Edwardian, because they resemble the way I was brought up and some of my Fondest Memories.

[@nakaharaindria]

I wish they make another period of pharmacy series. They made a Victorian pharmacy and I love that series so much.

[@happytosing1]

I really appreciate you're putting these shows on here. Really, very much. Thank you!

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

+happytosing1 I most certainly agree. Many thanks. Daniel

[@CodexArgenteus]

When they say the cottage hasn't been lived in in 50 years; that means people lived in the cottage as late as 1960 since the series debuted in 2009 and I assume was filmed about that time also! :O

[@willbbwluvr]

I believe he said "at least 50 years"

[@lbluebird486]

I haven't enjoyed something this much since I watch Cranford and Return to Cranford movies. This is fantastic!!! thanks for sharing. I just found it by accident and have told my daughter who lives in another state about it. I hope she watches it. Plan to watch other series as well. It made me cry, smile and envious of being able to experience it. I wish I were younger and healthier to do so. I would do it in a heartbeat!

[@margiemasih2198]

My great grandfather's 4 times back came from shropshire.it is so beautiful there

[@Purritt2b]

I would love to see them do a few series like this but in the South of Scotland near the border of England and perhaps one done in the Highland and maybe one even in the Outer Hebrides even.

[@tamonettX500]

That coal range is gorgeous!

[@Bauhauskiddo]

I love this, what a lovely documentary. It makes me think of the history of my own country, Sweden, and how hard people have worked for us to have what we have today. In the U.K., I do believe you have rather good soil, whereas in Sweden a lot of it is awful, dry, rocky and sour soil where pines and fir trees grow but not much else. Potatoes were our saviour in Victorian times.

[@nestahale8510]

Thanks so much, Fred! (Haven't heard "Fernackerpan" since my grandmother using it back in 50s England). My maternal great grandparents were in 1880s Shropshire, so really found a lot of familiar stuff to relish here. I tried to find it on DVD but only saw it in PAL format,??. I have the Edwardian, and was so thrilled to find the Victorian here, so my heartfelt thanks to you.

[@treetrout3987]

I've watched all 4 series over and over. Love 'em. Only the ones with this triumvirate though. Ruth, Peter & Alex are the heart of it. I'm From Nfld, one of England's oldest colonies. The similarities are heartwarming (and back-breaking). LOL I try to encourage my 2 Children to watch some but, alas, they are the new generation. It was fun for me tho.

[@esotericexplorersmartinez493]

I’ve watched this series at least 5 times lol wish they would never stop making these

[@Muck006]

Another way to "have a warm bed in an unheated room" is a four-poster-bed with curtains and ceiling ... which creates a smaller enclosed bit of air which heats up from the warmth of the inhabitants. These are useful for very high rooms, because the heat sorts itself out towards the top ... and it would be stupidly expensive trying to heat it up with a fire.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

i saw this years ago on TVO Canada, loved it, same as Edwardian Farm , War time Farm, and Secrets of the Castle, i love Ruth shes so awesome, so funny. never fully seen Vic Pharmacy yet

[@Gerry1of1]

I would so LOVE to back in time like this. I love all these shows. Wartime farm, Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm, Coal House etc. They're all great.

[@katvampyre69]

+Gerry Higgins Love your picture of Beef

[@Gerry1of1]

:) Ya gotta love the obscure classics

[@deetsy4jesus]

+Gerry Higgins I have enjoyed most of these as well. I had never heard of Coal House, so now I'm looking in to that one as well. I don't even remember how I found out about these series in the first place, but I do enjoy them! (I have lived without TV for 3 years because I gave up on American TV... so much rubbish! I'd much rather watch these historical shows like this! Thanks again!

[@Gerry1of1]

You are going to LOVE Coal House and it's sequel Coal House At War. ... Have you seen Wartime Farm? Same gang as Victorian Farm, also so brilliant

[@deetsy4jesus]

Yes, I have watched that series a few months ago. I just finished watching this series, as well as the Victorian Farm Christmas episodes. Now I'm watching A Tudor Feast at Christmas. They are all so good. I had to laugh when they talked about Christmas being the only time that children got an orange. I was born in '69. After our Christmas service at church, all the children got bags with peanuts-in-the-shell, an apple and an orange in them. That was the only orange I would get all year as well. (My parents couldn't afford to buy fruit or vegetables, if we couldn't grow it, we didn't eat it!) I grew up in the country, but my father had to sell the farm the same year I was born, due to his health. Watching this brings back so many memories. The farming stuff isn't really new to me, but the things Ruth does are really great. I've even done a few of the things she's demonstrated. Our 'modern conveniences' are time savers but it's created a society of consumers not producers. People with too much time on their hands get into too much trouble, in my opinion! Have you watched the first series, "Tales from the Green Valley"?

[@andyvanm1]

Ruth shows the Joy of Life in her work.. A Great series.. the Boys are enjoyable in their learning..

[@jamesmc6825]

I have seen every series and every episode love them

[@jeremybob6412]

The way the range works is amazing

[@ericacook2087]

Two reasons I couldn't do this sort of thing. One, just seeing all the grass and dust is making me sneeze. Second, I lost it at the name Peter Parker. Who knew spider rnan made cooking ranges.

[@spacecase7566]

Jethro Tull was also mentioned. Man...could he improve agriculture and ROCK! lol

[@sueclark5763]

Something that still helps today and they may have gotten the benefit from the honey they harvested, tak 1 teaspoon of raw, strained, local honey each day for a month, builds up all the local pollen and really works to stop the allergies, generally lasts for several years. I've used this for years and it works great.

[@williamsstephens]

That plough - and the ploughing - are things of beauty.

[@DebZaragoza]

I find this time period fascinating what with all of the inventions that revolutionized their way of working and living. Watching this, I became curious about the family that owns the estate. When I googled, it was mentioned that Thomas Stackhouse Acton recently passed away May 27, 2020. Rest in peace and condolences to the family.

[@sueclark5763]

So sorry to hear that, he was something like an ambassador from the Victorian Age and quite the character in his own right! Hopefully Rupert (his son) will continue this legacy. I think I read somewhere that they rent out the house that Ruth and the boys lived in, maybe they will refurbish more and rent them out also.

[@PonyoLuna]

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this!! :)

[@mbjjsmom]

Thanks so much for sharing this series.

[@StorytimewithNanny]

This is so cool. There was a similar Canadian show many years ago called Pioneer Quest a year in the life. It's great to find another show like this.

[@jackiebuttnor8410]

I loved that show. But this is just so different. All three are historians of one stripe or another. So they have studied all of this well in advance. Whereas the two couples in Pioneer Quest were basically going in blind.

[@SandyKH]

Just one episode and I'm already hooked! Thanks so much for posting!

[@GrainneMhaol]

The shoe in the chimney may have been apotropaic - a charm against evil spirits. Concealed shoes were quite common in 19th century England.

[@Neldidellavittoria]

+Grainne Mhaol That's very interesting. I was watching an Escape to the Country episode not long ago, and they were selling the house complete with a child's shoe they'd found concealed behind an inglenook. Who would've thought!

[@edbadyt]

That's why you often find shoes concealed in the rafters of old houses

[@GrainneMhaol]

Horses' skulls were often placed below the foundation stone or under the floor boards of a house for good luck.

[@GrainneMhaol]

Leopararouen I've never heard of the corpses, do you know of any examples that I could look up? I'm not disbelieving you, I'm genuinely interested as an archaeologist.

[@GrainneMhaol]

That's interesting about the bodies - I'll check that out. Here in Ireland, it was a Martinmas tradition to sprinkle blood around the house as a protection charm.

[@corvuscorone7735]

I LOVE Ruth's laugh!

[@marcblack1]

I fully enjoy these shows, I can only watch them ok TVOntario, Canada, I thank you for posting these episodes.

[@kennethlegson925]

"Winding things up again, aren't we Peter?" "Not as much as you Alex"

[@mangot589]

These are so fantastic. Even the people they have come in to do stuff wear the clothing.

[@dskero]

Thanks a lot for upload, this series usually gets removed so quickly i never managed to catch more then 1 episode.

[@omfug7148]

dskero I plan to watch it in one go before it goes bye-bye, LOL. BTW, it is odd how some of the series is left up--Wartime Farm for example, and others come down quickly.

[@littleredhen3354]

I adore Ruth, Peter and Alex, they're my spirit animals lol.

[@shirlannsolomon7457]

Loved these watched them twice.

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Wow, just at 5 minutes and the scenes got to me. I HAD to write. . . . visions of Upstairs-Downstairs and Downton Abbey coursing through my head... This is a wonderful reenactment of basic under-pinnings of our modern world. We here in Montreal have started acquiring vintage, flat belt driven machinery of these times to similarly illustrate where we came from, thus giving depth and background context to projections of where we are all heading. - jd

[@beernd4822]

Wat a great series, I'm going to love every single bit of it.

[@Jignasty5]

I have watched all the Farm vids and I keep coming back to the Victorian Farm!

[@christinawhaley7]

I just love these guys, I've watched several series with them and have learned so much. Thanks for uploading!

[@keepthefaith1912]

I'd live there...look at all those toys...all the history..the house is amazing!

[@Muck006]

A big part of the plough being awful is the "wrong height", because the farmer has to bend forward all the time ... and that creates back pain. The same is true in kitchens nowadays, where washing the dishes in a kitchen sink forces you to bend forward. Thats how I experience it ... in my limited kitchen. Oh and I have just collected some coal for my winter heating today ...

[@grizzlycountry1030]

Leaning on it is to help add weight so it bites into the ground and stays down.

[@Muck006]

Obviously, but you still have a bent back which will be painful ... and since there are two handles you could simply add your weight by "hanging between them" (not literally) while having a straight back. As is said in the film: "the work is backbreaking" ... and leaning forward is the cause of it, because you kinda have to "stabilize yourself" and this will require your muscles to be constantly tense ... and the back muscles arent very strong.

[@RoseDempseyFunForKids]

Thank for uploading this. I love these treks back into a different era, and seeing how my forebears did things

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

It's great that they are learning along with us.....

[@Pentapus1024]

I'm so glad I found this again! I watched several episodes years ago and loved it. Very satisfying and wholesome

[@FMHammyJ]

Having just watched wartime farm.....the slower pace of this series is palpable.....wartime farm seems frenetic by comparison......but perhaps they were trying to convey the urgency of the situation.....

[@rekabneb]

+FMHammyJ yet Britain was in many wars of expanding and maintaining the empire at that time

[@FMHammyJ]

+Ben Baker True that....but they weren't faced during Victorian times with the possibility of starvation if they didn't increase production and introduce rationing....

[@GotLostProductions]

Starvation and also the loss of property and even prison! If a crop didn't perform entirely well a Victorian farming family might just be able to squeeze by with economy and tightening their belts a bit; but in WWII if a farm wasn't producing up to national standards the property might be confiscated and re-assigned to someone else, and the farmer even possibly fined or jailed.

[@michaelccozens]

One has to imagine that the wartime farm conditions were extremely frenetic; Britain, on essentially a moment's notice, became an island prison on 1/3 rations that had to live off its own land while also creating a modern fighting-force and fending-off imminent invasion by the greatest military power the world had yet seen. That they survived at all is incredible.

[@KimmyQueen]

Yes. I saw Victorian Christmas first by recommendation the saw Wartime recommended so decided to see that first... you are exactly right

[@sheenaalexis8710]

I love these shows. I've been putting this one off nervous of the possibility of the animals being treated badly. But I can't imagine them doing that on this show, so here we go...I really enjoyed victorian pharmacy!

[@Jethro_Lyndon_Smailes_s...]

Wow! I really enjoyed watching this! I have been researching my genealogy since 2008 & I am descended from many farmers!

[@JLizon-md1so]

i love these watched them all.

[@tharindumahendra3847]

Who else gets farm equipment ads because you've been biging on these farm series? Great show by the way!

[@tharindumahendra3847]

And also, Peter Parker your friendly neighbourhood range fitter.

[@bobbymiller1414]

This is a good experience for modern people today see how good they have it today

[@jeannettemoyen9278]

saw them all, loved them all - thank you ! :D

[@treetrout3987]

The consistency of porridge - I've heard that enough, thank you. lol

[@couturehomestead5826]

Thank you Audrey-Ann!! I find it interesting that Tudor Monastery Farm seems to be more "advanced?" with what they can do than the Tales from the Green Valley. However, Tales from the Green Valley is further along in history.

[@jenniferlong1625]

thanks for adding! I have been waiting for this to come to KZbin.

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

Great show and very interesting. I must say that if I was ever jammed up here in Colorado, USA I would want Ruth with me. Ruth can get anything done. Daniel

[@wodnyrak]

56:33 "How do you think it's going on so far?" "UHHH" XD The Alex-Peter Choir got me laughing hard! It only goes to show how good of a pair of friends they are!

[@Muck006]

Watching this again I am really astonished as to why they are NOT OPENING THE WINDOWS while "cleaning" those rooms. I have done such things quite a few times and "wind blowing through the room" is an ally because wind has to leave somewhere ... and will drag the dust outside.

[@Cumbriman]

thanks for uploading love these series

[@michaelccozens]

The advent of the powered thresher reminded me of a note made in a previous series about how grain would be stored still in the husk and only threshed-out in small batches as needed, because the grain kept longer in the un-threshed state. I suppose powered threshers would have changed the economics on that, and made it worth storing the grain threshed and accepting the reduced storage-life simply because it saved so much time and effort on the threshing.

[@Tara........]

The amount of sheer labour involved in just surviving and hopefully, making a bit of profit is just unbelievable. It really makes one wonder how these people managed to survive and prosper.

[@thelighthouse7380]

why do i enjoy such things so much

[@eshuut9049]

I just love how they are using old equipment to restore these places, to be honest I think it’s much better to do that in some case.

[@suecox2308]

Their poor lungs! I can practically feel all that dirt and dust!

[@learntocrochet1]

Would love to see them do a series from the Stuart era.

[@karenpiermarini3628]

Or the Regency Period

[@canadianmom]

What a great show!

[@Laura-Lee]

I don't get how the growing season works. You plant the seeds in mid-October and harvest the following August? What happens in winter? Here in Canada, you plant in the Spring and harvest in the Autumn. No plant life would survive past October let alone through the winter. Doesn't it freeze in Winter in Scotland (which is the location of this farm)? LLR

[@theluftwaffle1]

This is near the border to wales. The weather doesn’t get overly cold compare to here in Canada. And more importantly the ground doesn’t freeze.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

The Gulf Stream that flows to Great Britain and Ireland make the islands warmer than North America.

[@TruthAndLight4995]

❤️ your videos!! Truly binge worthy!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾 Alex needs a Victorian chiropractor! 😊

[@gunfighterzero]

i love these, i addicted to them

[@tealleaves4444]

OMG thank you for adding these!!!

[@sofie9195]

i love this video! everything made by hand

[@robertpayne2717]

MY dad who used to go up to Iowa to stay with his Grandma Davis and his Uncle and Aunt as a child did not like Mutton, but I think part of that from his time in WW2 the US Army served alot of Mutton in the mess.

[@patriciachandler340]

Good chemistry between them.

[@burymeinblack2434]

I'd love to do something like this. It seems like a really rad experience

[@GarouLady]

I so loved all their series they have done. I wish the USA would do something half as nice as this. I want these on DVD so bad. meh...

[@SarahBevElizabeth]

I really only watch British TV. Of course they have their own trash shows, but nothing compared to American programs.

[@3122tan]

I've seen American versions of this show on KZbin though, im certain! Pioneer house or Frontier house? I can't recall but they came up as suggestions from me watching these shows. I wish I'd paid more attention so I could help, but I avoid American 'documentaries'. Usually written for six year old level, and every American show on the planet suffers from a bizarre and irritating edit habit, where if someone says something deemed 'dramatic', they then REPLAY that last ten seconds over again, as if their viewers are morons. As such, their viewers have to be moronic to put up with it.

[@GarouLady]

3122tan I've watched Pioneer/frontier house and its nothing like Victorian farms. They are city folk put into primitive farm enviroment. Where a kid freaks out because a dog nips him on the heels. I'll stick with the 'oldies but goldies' that I love. LOL.

[@Ty311]

+GarouLady I agree. I think it would go over really well, given Americans' growing interest in self-sustainability and rich agricultural history. The production company that makes this series does have a New York office, as well.

[@vanjatrach1181]

Koliko moras biti jadan da ovo dislajkas😖😖 Izvrsna serija👏👏👏💓 Pozdrav iz Hrvatske!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

cooking eggs and bacon on a shovel lol yummy lol amazing how we survived it, but we did, but i'm sure they were cleaner kinda back then

[@rodney73991]

amish were i live love this . think pull tractor seeder with big team.

[@rm-vh8cr]

Just found this series. Absolutely intriguing!! I might be on a binge watch for the next 72 hours!! lol Totally agree with Eric Cartman---what about an IronAge/Medieval Settlement???

[@sueclark5763]

Just after the Romans invaded??!!

[@LynxSouth]

At 25:26, looking at the boat on the left, on the back end of the support for the beam (I'm sorry, I don't know the proper terms for these boat parts), there's a shield painted on that looks like a part of a Japanese flag, a red circle on a white field on a blue background. Is this just decoration or part of a system of boat identification/classification or something else entirely?

[@robertpayne2717]

In Mount Plesant Iowa they changed from Coal to wood for power generation at the OLD THRESHERS REUNION TO RUN THE STEAM ENGINES DUE THAT COAL IS A DIRTY FUEL.

[@avastacia]

her laugh is pure gold *^_^*

[@smplyjenn]

Thomas Stackhouse Acton passed away this July 2020.

[@cheryl_bee_beauty2340]

I've been looking for these!!!!

[@cmachinist]

That "cottage" looks a right mansion on it's own.

[@filiptereszynski1261]

Are people in shropshire living in victorian era?

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

Alex is "putting on airs" in this episode. He thinks he is a " gentlemen farmer"......lol.