BBC historic farm series

BBC Two's historical farm series are six documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two from 2005 to 2014. They illustrate the life of an everyman: farmer, labourer, fisherman, etc. in a variety of historical contexts. Historians and archaeologists play the parts of ordinary people and live and work immersed in the time specified. The team perform the everyday crafts such as hunting, gathering, sowing and reaping as well as experimenting with more specialised work like blacksmithing, woodcutting and mining under the eyes of an experienced tutor.

Each series (save the first) has taken place at a public living history site that provides external in-period experts, experience, and flavour.

	Series
	Tales from the Green Valley	Victorian Farm	Edwardian Farm	Wartime Farm	Tudor Monastery Farm
	2005	2009	2011	2012	2013
Starring	Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn Alex Langlands Stuart Peachey Chloe Spencer	Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn Alex Langlands	Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn Alex Langlands	Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn Alex Langlands	Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn Tom Pinfold
Director(s)	Peter Sommer	Stuart Elliot		Stuart Elliot Naomi Benson
Era	1620	1837-1901	1901-1910	1938-1946	1457–1509
Public Locale	Green Valley Farm	Acton Scott Historic Working Farm	Morwellham Quay	Manor Farm Country Park	Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Episodes	12	6	12	8	6
Original Network	BBC Two	BBC Two	BBC Two	BBC Two	BBC Two
Production	Lion Television	Lion Television	Lion Television	David Upshal	Lion Television

Related series

Several other shorter series featuring the same people and production staff have been made:

• Victorian Pharmacy at Blists Hill Victorian Town, 4 episodes
• Victorian Bakers
• Victorian Slum House (2016)
• Full Steam Ahead courtesy of British Rail, 6 episodes
• Secrets of the Castle at Guédelon Castle, 5 episodes
• 24 Hours in the Past, 4 episodes (2015)