The Best Reality Shows
by pandora75 | created - 05 Jul 2016 | updated - 27 Jun 2017 | PublicI think these are the best shows because they were educational and entertaining.
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1. The 1900 House (1999–2000)
60 min | Documentary, History
A modern English family embark on a real-life time-travel adventure to late Victorian London.
Votes: 377
2. The Great British Baking Show (2010– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur baker.
Stars: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Mary Berry
Votes: 12,826
3. The 1940s House (2001– )
45 min | Documentary, Family
Reality show. A couple, their daughter and two grandchildren volunteer to spend several weeks living under wartime conditions. That includes all their clothing, including underclothes and ... See full summary »
Stars: Geoffrey Palmer, Guy de la Bédoyère, Norman Longmate, Ben Hymers
Votes: 240
4. 30 Days (2005–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
An unscripted, documentary-style program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days.
Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Alexandra Jamieson, David Stacy, Vito Summa
Votes: 1,996
5. Colonial House (2004)
Reality-TV
A group of ordinary people arrive on a boat to 1628 and have to build a functioning colony, using only time appropriate resources. Their goal: survive for 4 months and pass the final evaluation.
Stars: Kathryn Walker, Don Wood, Bethany Wyers, Jonathon Allen
Votes: 243
6. 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: 736
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2000– )
60 min | History, Reality-TV
Two couples assume the lives of early settlers to the West. Using only the resources and tools of the period, they will attempt to build homes, raise livestock, hunt and grow crops.
Stars: Tom Anniko, Brian Hartigan, Alana Logie, Frank Logie
Votes: 216
11. Klondike: The Quest for Gold (2003– )
4 min | Documentary
As seen on PBS comes this new "living history" series about eight "average people" (7 men and one women) who volunteer to relive an adventure. The epic 1200 kilometer journey by the ... See full summary »
Star: Dan McLean
Votes: 45
12. Quest for the Bay (2002– )
50 min | Adventure, Documentary
Quest For The Bay follows an eight-person volunteer team as they attempted to recreate the journey made by fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company during the 1840s by travelling from ... See full summary »
Stars: Alana Logie, Frank Logie, RoseAnna Schick, Randal Shore
Votes: 50
13. Quest for the Sea (2004– )
4 min | Documentary
Quest for the Sea is a 4x1-hour living history documentary series that follows 2 families as they return to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Newfoundland. In simple wooden ... See full summary »
Stars: Monte Murray, Anna Wheeler, Harold St. Croix, Ralph Wheeler
Votes: 31
14. Frontier House (2002– )
History, Reality-TV
Modern families time-travel to 1883 Montana for homesteading, learning hard work, community, and sacrifices. Back in 21st century, they reflect on past and present values.
Stars: Kathryn Walker, Adrienne Clune, Justin Clune, Kristen Brooks
Votes: 527
15. Victorian Slum House (2016– )
59 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
A group of 15 volunteers aged between 10 and 59 are transported back to Victorian London as they spend three weeks living and working in a recreation of the notorious Old Nichol slum in Bethnal Green in London's East End.
Star: Michael Mosley
Votes: 210
16. Manor House (2002– )
50 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
21 people from the 21st century are being brought together in an Edwardian Country House. 6 of them are the Upstairs family and the 15 others are the servants. For three months, these people have only the rulebook and each other...
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Charlie Clay, Hugh Edgar, Ken Skelton
Votes: 556
17. Victorian Bakers (2016)
59 min | History
Four professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to experience what their profession was like in the past as they bake their way through the Victorian era.
Stars: Annie Gray, Alex Langlands, Harpreet Baura, Duncan Glendinning
Votes: 95
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
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