Edwardian Farm
Following on from the hugely successful Victorian Farm, archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman now experience life on an Edwardian farm.
Following life on the farm over a whole calendar year, Edwardian Farm goes deep into a lost rural world where life was tough and working together was the only means of achieving anything.
Setting up home at Morwellham Quay, in Devon, the trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the turn of the 20th century. This was a time of great social change and tumult - a time when farming was becoming increasingly mechanized.
Archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and historian Ruth Goodman arrive at Morwellham Quay in Devon - once home to one of the busiest ports in Britain. For the next twelve months they will be attempting to bring it back to life as it was in its Edwardian heyday.
In September they begin with the basics. They set up home in one of the cottages, where the first task - after cleaning - is unblocking the chimney so they can get the range working in order to cook.
Jam packed with exquisite details that helped inform and provide historical evolution of British history, on farms, and off. A marvel of well coordinated film making with a highly contrasted and authentic cast; superbly well contemplated, and well executed production. Bravo! Great documentary approach to the study of complex British history in very complicated times.
This is a 5 star show. They really go in depth in showing how things were worked on the farm. Truly a masterpiece production.
It would appear that Youtube has axed all of the BBC farm series. Must have gotten a complaint from the BBC. It's a shame that we can't get decent shows like these in the US without resorting to piracy or paying out the arse for DVD's/BlueRay.
love it
The Fiesta ad is breaking the ad system. After it unloads, you can no longer see the video :(
I wonder what life is like for Eve, Ruth's daughter. I mean, Ruth seems like a cool lady, but Eve's got to be, what, 13? She must want to watch movies and such from time to time.
Love that trio of Ruth, Alex and Peter. Alex and Peter are like night and day personality wise and it's funny to watch them together.
Would love to watch this, but I'm not going to sit through a commercial every 2 minutes. When y'all figure out how to group the commercials, let me know.
This is a wonderful history series but the player is really a problem. It stops every 22 seconds and you either sit there or get comercials. I would love to see these shows without the endless 2 miinute puases.
i have tears in my as this wonderful documentary ended. I love watching Ruth,Peter,and Alex just got on with it, and made a life for themselves. Observing intimate moments with Ruth, listening in on her private thoughts as a self sufficient woman of that time was some of the best moments for me. Watching "The Boys" work like mules to keep the farm functioning also made me realize that I need to be more active in my own life. Farm life was hard, difficult, wrought with burden, but this type of life was also simplistically beautiful. Thank you Ruth, Peter, and Alex for bringing this world to us, the viewers, and letting us look over your shoulder's into a world that is simply marvelous. Highly recommend to anyone, young and old.
We have a little old fashioned farm in North Vancouver (Maplewood Farm)that I haven't visited since my boy was 10 or so (he's 26 now). I went there the other day and I couldn't believe it when I saw the names of their draft horses (brown Belgian) Tom and Prince!!
So much of this progressive documentary has sparked inspiration for me to try many new things. I have every intention of trying to be as useful and productive as Ruth, & as willing and open to learning and actually trying things as Alex and Peter.
My husband and I have been thinking about what it would take to be totally self-reliant. This show was amazing to watch and see how it was really done in the past. It goes to show how truly lazy we are now! I would love to spend a year the way Ruth, Peter and Alex did. It was certainly a hard life to live, but there was so much more knowledge!
i think she needed a hat pin which was edwardian
All i want is an orchard and a little pony
Ruth has such a wonderful outlook on life. I wish I could be as jolly as her.
i watched the whole thing in one sitting. Just to let you know.
Fantastic!
And thanks to Vlatko for all his work keeping this site running!
Great documentary. SO informative, and it looks rewarding and satisfying.
Peter is dead sexy.
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You just saved my day in a rainy Sweden =) Cheers
Thanks so much for posting Vlatko!! Ruth, Alex, and Peter are so much fun to watch :) I've learned a ton from this series! Its sad to think how much of this knowledge is being lost. It makes me want to rewatch the Victorian Farm...
This has been such a lovely journey.
I raise a glass to Ruth and Alex and the lovely Peter :~)
they make an amazing team, from their undying enthusiasim
to their strength and determination, the way they share and learn over the year just awesome. I managed to spend two days watching it without interuption , bitter -20 degrees outside.
I spent 3 weeks last summer walking the coastly path of Cornwall near St Just, and renting a little cottage on a farm so watching this brought me right back there.
wonderful job... and truly I can't enough about it...
accept maybe.... what is Peter up to these days ? ;~)
live like that today with the tek of to day and evon easy er to get by and have a good life
Top marks to Vlatko for releasing this documentary as well as the producers and the BBC for its production. The doc was informative and entertaining, leaving a thirst for further instalments from Alex, Peter and Ruth in another era. Perhaps World War 1, Georgian era, etc.
The Morewellham location was a fantastic choice with the countryside, river and sea being utilized for their survival and commerce during the Edwardian era. The craftsman they used throughout the series are real heros for maintaining these crafts along with the local characters who shared their knowledge of old techniques.
Both this documentary and Morwellham Quay have their own websites, if anyone is interested in visiting the location.