Tales from the Green Valley (2005)

30m
Running Time

1
Seasons

12
Episodes

August 19, 2005
Release Date

TV
IMDb ratings
9
Tales from the Green Valley

Tales from the Green Valley (2005)

30m
Running Time

1
Seasons

12
Episodes

August 19, 2005
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
BBC TwoLion Television

Plot.

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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Release Date
August 19, 2005

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
12

Running Time
30m

Genres

Wiki.

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, the first in the historic farm 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.

The series recreates everyday life on a small farm in Gray Hill, Monmouthshire, 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 was written, directed and produced by British archaeologist and documentary maker, Peter Sommer, who was awarded the Learning on Screen Award in 2006 by the British Universities Film & Video Council, for Tales from the Green Valley.The series features historians Stuart Peachey and Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and saddler 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.The sequel to this series is Victorian Farm, with Goodman, Langlands and Ginn returning as TV hosts.

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