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1. Secrets of Great British Castles (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.
Stars: Dan Jones, Christophe Lombardi, Jay Dee, Ronald Hutton
Votes: 1,233
2. Victorian Farm (2009)
60 min | Documentary, History
In this unique project, historian Ruth Goodman as well as archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn immerse themselves in the life of the Victorian farmer as he would have lived on the Acton Scott Estate.
Stars: Stephen Noonan, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 737
3. The One Show (2006– )
30 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
A live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests.
Stars: Alex Jones, Matt Baker, Christine Lampard, Adrian Chiles
Votes: 621
4. Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
In this 12-part documentary series of Edwardian Farm, archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and historian Ruth Goodman go back in time to the early 1900s to live the lives of Edwardian farmers for a full calendar year.
Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands, Stephen Noonan
Votes: 583
5. Celebrity Masterchef (2006– )
30 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Celebrities compete to win the coveted cookery competition title.
Stars: John Torode, Gregg Wallace, India Fisher, Lisa Faulkner
Votes: 498
6. Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
59 min | Documentary, History
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
Stars: Geraldine James, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold
Votes: 415
7. Wartime Farm (2012)
TV-14 | Documentary
Wartime Farm, is an eight-part British historical docuseries in which the running of a farm during the Second World War is reenacted. First broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012.
Stars: John Simm, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 405
8. Secrets of the Castle (2014)
60 min | Documentary, History
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.
Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, Paul McGann
Votes: 387
9. Coast (2005– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
The story of the coastline of the UK and her near neighbours.
Stars: Nicholas Crane, Neil Oliver, Mark Horton, Miranda Krestovnikoff
Votes: 361
10. Victorian Farm Christmas (2009)
60 min | Documentary
Victorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.
Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Stephen Noonan, Alex Langlands
Votes: 338
11. Inside the Factory (2015– )
Documentary, History
How our favorite foods and products are made? Cherry Healey and Gregg Wallace go into the factories to figure out, while Ruth Goodman tell us about the historical development of the manufacturing process of these products.
Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman, Stefanie Mau
Votes: 327
12. Tales from the Green Valley (2005)
29 min | Documentary, History
The series follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate the everyday farm life from the age of the Stuarts; they wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620s.
Stars: Owen Teale, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands
Votes: 313
13. Victorian Pharmacy (2010)
60 min | Documentary
Life in a 19th-century pharmacy is re-created in this four-part documentary. Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and doctorate student Tom Quick discover how people attempted to ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Noonan, Nick Barber, Ruth Goodman, Tom Quick
Votes: 267
14. Insert Name Here (2016–2019)
TV-G | Comedy, Game-Show
Comedy panel show in which host Sue Perkins challenges two teams to decide who is the best of the many famous people throughout history who share the same name.
Stars: Sue Perkins, Richard Osman, Josh Widdicombe, Kate Williams
Votes: 259
15. Sunday Brunch (2012– )
180 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tim Lovejoy, Simon Rimmer, Rebecca Seal, Ian Burrell
Votes: 229
16. A Tudor Feast at Christmas (2006 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
A group of historians and archaeologists prepare a Tudor feast as it would have been over 400 years ago, including the use of period clothes, recipes from the era, food sourced from the land and the absence of modern conveniences.
Director: Chris Mitchell | Stars: Dominic Frisby, Marc Meltonville, Ruth Goodman, Hugh Beamish
Votes: 188
17. 24 Hours in the Past (2015)
60 min | Documentary
In this historical docuseries, six celebrities experience the relentless graft of Victorian Britain.
Stars: Fi Glover, Tyger Drew-Honey, Ruth Goodman, Alistair McGowan
Votes: 178
18. Full Steam Ahead (2016)
60 min | History
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam, exploring how Victorian railways helped to shape modern Britain.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 176
19.
Secrets of Great British Castles (2015–2016)
Episode:
Arundel Castle
(2016)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
Dan concludes the second series with a visit to Arundel Castle in West Sussex, which has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for over 850 years. He gains an insight into how Arundel prepared for the visit of Queen Victoria in 1846.
Directors: Gerry Hoban, Sarah Share | Stars: Dan Jones, Marc Morris, Tobias Capwell, Jessie Childs
Votes: 68
20. E Numbers: An Edible Adventure (2010– )
Documentary
Stefan Gates explores what those e-numbers on food packaging mean and comes to some surprising conclusions about what they are made of and what they do.
Stars: Stefan Gates, Andrea Sella, Ruth Goodman, Alice Pegg
Votes: 39
21. The Sweet Makers (2017)
59 min | Documentary, History
Modern-day confectioners relive the world of historical sweets making centuries-old treats from original recipes guided by historians Annie Gray and Emma Dabiri.
Stars: Annie Gray, Emma Dabiri, Cynthia Stroud, Paul A. Young
Votes: 37
22. The Wonder of Dogs (2013– )
Documentary
This mini-series celebrates man's best friend in all its spectacularly different and unlikely forms, taking a snapshot of the dog population of a typical English village - Brightwell in ... See full summary »
Stars: Kate Humble, Ruth Goodman, Steve Leonard
Votes: 36
23.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, History
The team sets about restoring a cottage, thresh the previous summer’s wheat crop, and make cider and preserves. A flock of Shropshire ewes arrives on the farm.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands
Votes: 33
24.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, History
Peter tries to build pigsties, and Ruth tackles the laundry. A ram and a Shire horse arrive. Ahead lies a Victorian Christmas of decorations, cooking, and church carols.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 30
25. The Toys That Made Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Suzannah Wander | Stars: Robert Webb, Mark Adolph, Richard Allan, Priscilla Appelbe
Votes: 28
26.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, History
Emergency repairs demand the team go back to DIY basics with the help of the woodsman, the blacksmith and the basketmaker.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 27
27.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
The trio establish their domicile, scrubbing a flagstone floor and cleaning out a clogged chimney. They build a hayrick to put up hay, hire a stonemason to make a trough, learn to thatch, ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, Eve Goodman, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 26
28.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Chocolate
(2015)
Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace is inside one of the largest Chocolate factories in York, it makes over 7 million chocolate bars a day. He follows to process from bean to bar. They also follow up on the history of chocolate.
Director: Glenn Swift | Stars: Ruth Goodman, Cherry Healey, Alex Hutchinson, Gregg Wallace
Votes: 25
29.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Croissants
(2019)
59 min | Documentary, History
Gregg is in France at an enormous croissant factory where they produce 336,000 flaky pastries a day. Cherry tests the best way to eat a croissant. Ruth is in Paris to investigate the Austrian origins of the croissant.
Directors: Simon Smith, Steve Bonser | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 24
30.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, History
It’s springtime, and there are lambs and pigs to be delivered and animal midwifery to be mastered. The team turn to Victorian science to save their struggling crops.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 24
31.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2009)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary, History
As their year on the Victorian Farm draws to an end, the team have to perform the most crucial task on the calendar: bringing in the wheat harvest.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands
Votes: 24
32.
Full Steam Ahead (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2016)
58 min | History
The team of historians examine how the golden age of steam changed Britain in unexpected ways, starting with domestic life. From slate roof tiles to the coal fire the railways shaped peoples homes.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Philip Glenister, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 24
33.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Crisps
(2016)
Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace follows 27 tonnes of potatoes from a farm in Hampshire through the largest crisp factory on earth, as they are peeled, sliced and fried to make more than five million packets of crisps every 24 hours.
Director: Chris Parkin | Stars: Ruth Goodman, Cherry Healey, Gregg Wallace
Votes: 24
34.
Victorian Farm (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2009)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary, History
Lengthening summer days allow for a few breaks in the routine, but there are still plenty of tasks to be done. Weather permitting, it’s also time for the hay harvest.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Stephen Noonan, Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 23
35.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
Alex and Peter milk goats and train the ploughhorses. They begin a market garden of strawberries. Ruth pickles apples, salts a ham, and smokes bacon. Alex and Peter press apples to cider, ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, Eve Goodman, Ruth Goodman, Ronald Hutton
Votes: 23
36.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
Six months into their year, Ruth, Alex and Peter explore the daily lives of Edwardian farmers. This episode has a slightly different format to the rest of the series; instead of covering a ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, David Goldblatt, Eve Goodman, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 23
37.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Tea Bags
(2017)
Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace receives a load of tea leaves from Kenya and follows their journey through the factory. Cherry discovers the secrets of the tea leaf and Ruth investigates the history of 19th century tea selling trickery.
Director: Michael Rees | Stars: Ruth Goodman, Susanne Grawe, Cherry Healey, Gilles Karoliy
Votes: 23
38.
Wartime Farm (2012)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary
The first episode begins with the team moving into a cottage farm, this time in Hampshire. With a WW2 looming on the horizon, the team set about making a number of improvements to the farm.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: John Simm, Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands
Votes: 22
39.
Secrets of the Castle (2014)
Episode:
Why Build a Castle?
(2014)
59 min | Documentary, History
The team arrives at Guédelon, in the Burgundy region of France, to join the world's biggest archaeological experiment - a 25 year project to build a medieval castle from scratch, using only... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, Paul McGann
Votes: 22
40.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Coffee
(2018)
Documentary, History
Gregg visits the Nescafe freeze-dried factory in Derbyshire where they make 175,000 jars of instant coffee every day. Cherry studies how roasting affects the flavour. Ruth discovers how coffee led to the founding of the Stock Exchange.
Director: Emma Pound | Stars: Ruth Goodman, Cherry Healey, Gregg Wallace
Votes: 22
41.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Cherry Bakewells
(2019)
59 min | Documentary, History
Gregg is at a huge factory in Stoke-on-Trent where they make 250,000 Cherry Bakewell tarts a day. Cherry learns how to avoid a soggy bottom when baking. Ruth sniffs out the origins of frangipane.
Directors: Ben Rowland, Steve Bonser | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 21
42.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
The continuing winter forces Alex and Peter down a copper mine, while Ruth makes lace. The copper mine is the King Edward Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, and the lace-making is at Honiton.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, Eve Goodman, Ruth Goodman, Ronald Hutton
Votes: 21
43.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
April arrives and time is divided between the land and the sea.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, Stephen Noonan
Votes: 21
44.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Bread
(2015)
Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace looks into how one of Britain's largest bakeries makes up to one and a half million loaves of bread each week. They also look into the biggest flour mills in the country and take a look at the history of white bread.
Stars: Ruth Goodman, Cherry Healey, Gregg Wallace
Votes: 21
45.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Pasta
(2017)
59 min | Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace is in Italy, at the world's biggest dry pasta factory. Cherry Healey discovers why the best pasta is made with durum wheat. Historian Ruth Goodman discovers that pasta arrived in Britain much earlier than we imagined.
Directors: Sam Bailey, Michael Rees | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 21
46.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Inside the Christmas Factory
(2018)
Documentary, History
Gregg Wallace visits a factory which produces a staggering 2,000,000 tins of festive chocolate assortments a year. Cherry Healey travels to Germany where she joins a crew of ornament ... See full summary »
Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman, Tony Lidington
Votes: 21
47.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Cornish Pasties
(2020)
59 min | Documentary, History
The documentary series returns with Gregg visiting a huge bakery in Cornwall that makes 180,000 Cornish pasties a day. Cherry explores the wonderful world of the onion and Ruth debunks some common Cornish pasty myths.
Directors: Sam Bailey, Simon Smith, Steve Bonser | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 20
48.
Inside the Factory (2015– )
Episode:
Liqueurs
(2020)
59 min | Documentary, History
Gregg is in Ireland at a factory producing 450,000 bottles of cream liqueur a day. Cherry is at a plant where 85% of Ireland's bottles and jars are recycled. Ruth learns about the spiritual origins of liqueurs.
Directors: Alec Lindsell, Steve Bonser | Stars: Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, Ruth Goodman
Votes: 20
49.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.12
(2011)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
August brings to an end the year on the farm; weather dictates the harvest and the seaside brings much needed fertilizer.
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alun Howkins, Alex Langlands
Votes: 20
50.
Edwardian Farm (2010–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2010)
59 min | Documentary, Adventure
Ruth prepares for the arrival of the farm's pigs and works on the privy, while Alex and Peter compare ploughing with horses to ploughing with the world's oldest working tractor. Peter ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Mitchell | Stars: Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, Stephen Noonan
Votes: 20