A Farm Through Time
Historian Ruth Goodman guides farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson on a trip back in time to learn what life on the farm was like in three historic periods and how old agricultural methods have shaped modern farms.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Documentary
Historian Ruth Goodman guides farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson on a trip back in time to learn what life on the farm was like in three historic periods and how old agricultural methods have shaped modern farms.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Second World War
44 mins
Rob and Dave Nicholson go back to the time of World War II, guided by historian Ruth Goodman, visiting the living history farm at Tatton Park. They try everything from sheep shearing and ploughing to log-sawing and planting potatoes.
Episode 2
Victorian
60 mins
Farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson go back in time to the Victorian era and the industrial revolution at Chiltern Open Air Museum, guided by historian Ruth Goodman. They learn about innovative labour-saving machinery.
Episode 3
Saxon
60 mins
Rob and Dave Nicholson and historian Ruth Goodman go back in time to the Iron Age, when one of the biggest revolutions in farming history occurred.