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  1. 1A House Through Time (2018)A House Through Time (2018) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 4 Jan 2018David Olusoga follows the occupants of a particular building through records, addresses and changing circumstances. The fixed location makes work, migration, money and household arrangements connect across decades. Its appeal is watching apparently ordinary lives emerge from evidence, with a…0
  2. 2If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (2011)If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home (2011) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Apr 2011Lucy Worsley takes familiar rooms as the route through centuries of British domestic history. Bathrooms and kitchens turn changes in infrastructure, privacy and labour into things you can picture in your own home. Choose it for concrete objects and practical demonstrations, with the room-by-room…0
  3. 3Secrets of the Castle (2014)Secrets of the Castle (2014) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 18 Nov 2014The building project at Guédelon in France lets historians and archaeologists work with medieval materials and techniques. Stone, mortar, food and clothing become practical questions rather than background dressing. Its unusual value is the visibility of skilled labour; the modern experiment tests…0
  4. 4Tales from the Green Valley (2005)Tales from the Green Valley (2005)First aired 19 Aug 2005Historians and archaeologists attempt a farming year using practices associated with the early seventeenth century. The seasonal structure makes tasks depend on one another, so an apparently small household job acquires an economic purpose. This is a good patient starting point for the farm format,…0
  5. 5Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)Tudor Monastery Farm (2013) 8.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Nov 2013Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold explore rural work in a world where monastic institutions organise land and production. The useful distinction from later farm series is the relationship between practical tasks and the wider institution supporting them. Choose it for processes, tools and…0
  6. 6Victorian Farm (2009)Victorian Farm (2009) 8.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 8 Jan 2009A farming year on a Shropshire estate makes food preservation, clothing, animal care and machinery part of one household economy. Ruth Goodman's willingness to do the domestic work is as revealing as the larger agricultural tasks. Its pleasure is the accumulation of effort, with demonstrations…0
  7. 7Edwardian Farm (2010)Edwardian Farm (2010) 8.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 10 Nov 2010The Devon setting brings fishing, mining and market connections into a reconstructed farming year. That wider local economy gives this series a different purpose from simply repeating Victorian Farm in newer clothes. Choose it when you want to see a household depend on several kinds of work, and…0
  8. 8Wartime Farm (2012)Wartime Farm (2012) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Sept 2012A recreated Second World War farming year turns national policy into decisions about crops, machinery and household resources. The tasks make the pressure to produce food tangible. It is most rewarding for the connection between labour and public priorities, while the modern experiment can only…0
  9. 9Victorian Pharmacy (2010)Victorian Pharmacy (2010) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Jul 2010Recreating a pharmacy allows familiar shopping and care to be examined through changing products, business practices and beliefs. The shop's contents make a useful material history of what customers expected from health and convenience. Choose it for the relationship between commerce and knowledge,…0
  10. 10Victorian Bakers (2016)Victorian Bakers (2016) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 5 Jan 2016Modern bakers attempt the conditions and methods of their predecessors as the nineteenth century changes the trade. Their skill makes the differences in fuel, equipment, ingredients and working hours legible. It is a particularly satisfying choice for understanding how feeding a growing population…0