The Victorian farm

[carbore]

Anyone been wathing this on BBC2 Thurs and rpt Sat.

Quite interesting view on victorian farming techniques etc. Not exactly metally taxing TV but for anyone interested in small holding or farming its ok but you wont learn a lot.

If youare interested in "The Book of the Farm" you can download the entire thing for free from google (legitimit as it copyright free)

http://books.google.com/books?id=938aAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+book+of+the+farm#PPA101,M1

[merlin617]

Hi,

I missed the first episode but caught the second one. I work on a farm so found it quite interesting. Best not let my boss see it though or he will likely reintroduce some of the Victorian methods to save a few bob.

I'm not sure that it paints a particularly accurate picture of life on a Victorian farm though. It all comes across as a bit too romantic, when in reality I would imagine that it must have been a fairly miserable existence, but I still enjoyed the program and seeing the methods of the time.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Joanne (SWMBO) watches it, but I tend to 'tune in' for 'What The Victorians Did For Us' afterwards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0085k4z

I like Adam Hart-Davies presentation skills, he's a bit like Fred Dibnah (RIP) was, as he gets involved in what he's doing
(his old series 'Local Heroes' was superb too)



It's on 'I-Player'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00grv47