E2P4-4 Victorian Farm Christmas

The Victorian farm team tackle their biggest project yet: restoring the village blacksmith's forge. First they must make bricks to restore the chimney - a full five day and night process in which the farmer gets no sleep.

As winter marches on and Christmas nears, they must source a yule log: firewood to burn for the Twelve Days of Christmas. At the cottage, Ruth winter-proofs the house, making a paper blanket and remedies for chilblains, rheumatism, coughs and colds.

It is also a chance to begin preparations for the Christmas banquet in earnest - in particular, a very Victorian invention, Christmas crackers. Ruth enlists the help of Christmas cracker historian Peter Kimpton.

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[tstlkevanilla]

"This takes me back to my childhood it does" " was your father a blacksmith?".. "no, no. I used to play with Legos all the time." lmao!

[TheButterflyatNight]

@ketpat

Thany you =)

[ketpat]

@TheButterflyatNight Sounds like "god rest ye merry gentlemen" but not sure who wrote this particular version

[peterginnsfanmanager]

Cacking fish-wife Ruth is tempered by the fairly interesting Alex.

But Peter Ginn is the main reason that most people watch this program.

WHEN will the BBC wake up and realise that HE is the star of the show, even if he does not want to be !

[TheButterflyatNight]

does anyone know the title of the last song? =)

[antonioscheel]

9.47 that looks ruddy mysterious!!! lol!!