E4P1-2 Tales from the Green Valley

Five experts - historians and archaeologists - are trying to run a Welsh hill farm for twelve months, as it would have been in the reign of James I.
December, their fourth month on the farm, means turning the clock back 400 years to celebrate Christmas in 17th-century style. They have to cut their own giant yule log, the centrepiece of period festivities, deck the place out with traditional decorations and celebrate with contemporary tipples. Getting ready for the Christmas day feast, it is all hands on deck cooking up a range of recipes from the age of Shakespeare, like mince pies with real meat in them.
Through all this they have got to find time to tend the livestock, make some winter clothes, and build a period wood store - all using tools and materials that would have been available in the year 1620.

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[ptJorel]

One of the things I find this program so fascinating (beside of course the whole experience), is that they are professionals (historians and archaeologists) and serious people who love their job. That is quite rare in TV shows, it would be more "natural" for today for them to be some guys and girls from uptown, just like some reality shows (rubbish...). I'm glad that we have this kind of show and interesting people!

And thank you for share this on youtube so it can get to a lot more people! ;)

[Nemeton212]

Looks like fun!

[tstlkevanilla]

@ptJorel I wholeheartedly agree! If they were regular people, it'd just be another reality show. For example Frontier House, 1900 House, etc. I enjoyed those shows for what they were, reality shows. But because they're experts, they take it very serious and are extremely knowledgeable, which is what makes me enjoy this program so much! I'm a history buff so I absolutely LOVE IT.