Victorian Farm

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Down on the farm
Review added by
Rich Goodman

Farming for the Empire!
Certificate: E
Running Time: 300 minutes
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 02/03/2009
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Representing a unique journey back in time, a specialist trio with archaeological, historical and agricultural skills devote a year of their life to re-creating life in a 19th century rural environment on Victorian Farm. From the warmth of summer to the depths of winter, they turn the clock back a hundred years to rediscover a forgotten
world from an age long gone by.

From planting and harvesting crops to animal husbandry; from building pigsties to bee-keeping; tree-felling to driving steam engines and operating period machinery, the hardy group - in search of the authentic experience - live it all, wearing period costumes and using only tools and materials available at the turn of the century.

An initially daunting task, the team had to look after and breed animals ranging from heavy horses and bulls to pigs and turkeys; rotate, plough, harrow, sow and harvest crops and also repair damage to their own property, stretching their carpentry, stone masonry and plastering skills to the limit.

The Victorian era was pivotal in bringing the modern technology of the cities to the traditional world of the countryside. Over a short time, the traditional crafts and ways of doing things were eventually outmoded and replaced by mechanisation.

In a rural world without flushing toilets, running water, street-lights, gas, electricity and motor vehicles, the group must band together in order to survive together without modern machines or chemicals, living life as it was once lived on a Victorian Farm.

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