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8.7/10 Top Documentary Films Directed by Peter Sommer Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 19 August 2005 Number of episodes 12 | 8.8/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Final episode date 4 November 2005 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tales from the green valley bbc tv farm history series
Tales from the Green Valley is a British historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two from 19 August to 4 November 2005. The series, made for the BBC by independent production company Lion TV, follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate 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.
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- Tales from the green valley bbc tv farm history series
- Tales from the green valley september part 1 of 12
- Sequels
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The series recreates everyday life on a small farm in Wales in the period, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Much use is made of period sources such as agricultural writers Gervase Markham and Thomas Tusser.
The series features historians Stuart Peachey and Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Chloe Spencer.
The series was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. An associated book by Stuart Peachey – The Building of the Green Valley: a reconstruction of an early 17th-century rural landscape – was published in 2006.
Tales from the green valley september part 1 of 12
Sequels
A Tudor Feast at Christmas – a "spin-off" from the series, broadcast in December 2006 – showed the team recreating a Tudor banquet at Haddon Hall.
A new series set in the 19th century, entitled Victorian Farm, was screened on BBC Two in January 2009 and was followed by Edwardian Farm in November 2010. A series set during the Second World War entitled Wartime Farm followed in September 2012, with Tudor Monastery Farm then premièring in November 2013.