Seasons & Episodes
September
Reality series in which archaeologists and historians reconstruct a 17th-century farm and maintain it for a year. Each e
October
The pressure of 17th-century living mounts as the farmers race to harvest a crop of pears, and try to build a shelter fo
November
Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn make a wattle-and-daub wall for the cowshed, and a slaughterman arrives to kill the male p
December
The historians and archaeologists try to take time out of their busy farming schedule to celebrate a 17th-century Christ
January
There's little food to be harvested in January, so a meal is created using the ham that's been preserved since Arthur th
February
A storm leaves the toilet damaged, so the team face the unenviable task of building another from scratch, while explaini
March
Spring arrives, bringing the promise of longer days and respite from the cold weather. The farmers begin to sow seeds an
April
The farmers give the house a spring clean, sweeping the chimney with a holly bush and dusting the place with a goose win
May
Alex and Fonz work overtime catching up on the spring sowing, opting to cut the furrows with their period breast plough
June
Alex and Fonz face the daunting task of washing and shearing the sheep by hand, and are less than impressed with their r
July
The women make the most of the July weather by washing all the clothes and bedsheets in 'lye' - a mixture of ashes, wate
August
The arrival of August sends the group into a frenzy of agricultural work as they prepare to leave, cutting the wheat and
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