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- DirectorChris MitchellStarsDominic FrisbyMarc MeltonvilleRuth GoodmanA 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.
- StarsPhilip GlenisterPeter GinnRuth GoodmanHistorians 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.
- StarsOwen TealeRuth GoodmanPeter GinnThe 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.
- StarsRuth GoodmanPeter GinnTom PinfoldHistorian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold learn about living in the medieval world and help rebuild a castle.
- StarsRuth GoodmanPeter GinnStephen NoonanVictorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.
- StarsStephen NoonanNick BarberRuth GoodmanLife 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 cure common ailments beginning at the time of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, when remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and opium potions were commonly used.
- StarsJohn SimmPeter GinnRuth GoodmanWartime 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.
- StarsGeraldine JamesRuth GoodmanPeter GinnHistorian 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.
- StarsStephen NoonanPeter GinnRuth GoodmanIn 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.
- StarsRuth GoodmanPeter GinnAlex LanglandsIn 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.
- StarsTony RobinsonCarl Wilson-DownieDamian BrookeTony Robinson visits various periods in history, literally getting involved in the worst jobs our ancestors had to endure.