Series presented by Ben Fogle in which families take up the challenge of becoming Victorian farmers on the Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire. For one week they step back in time to learn the traditional skills of our farming ancestors, competing against each other in daily and weekly challenges: from mucking out the pigs to making a perfect cottage loaf. A host of experts are on hand to judge their handiwork, and the family that wins the most challenges wins that day's prize.

Taking up the challenge are the Doige family from Essex - property developer Christian, office administrator Katherine, 15-year-old Olivia and 12-year-old Chloe - and the Mills family from Twickenham - catering consultant David, full-time mum Jo, 13-year-old Tilly and 10-year-old Jemima.

The families are neck and neck, having won one day each. The dads take on one of the farm's most important jobs - haymaking, using old-fashioned scythes. Can they live up to the high standards of Lord of the Manor, Thomas Stackhouse Acton? Meanwhile the mums make brooms using local wood and Victorian tools, and the children pick the ingredients to make a tasty Victorian vegetable soup. Show less