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Tales from the Green Valley: Episode 1: September

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Episode 1: September

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The team use oxen to plough, sow seeds by hand and prepare a Jacobean feast.

Five archaeologists and historians run a farm for a year as it would have been in 1620. The team use oxen to plough, sow seeds by hand and prepare a Jacobean feast.

Twelve-part series in which five experts, archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm for a year as it would have been in the reign of King James I. Working without modern conveniences they try and turn theory into practice, rediscovering how things were done in the year 1620, with each episode following the tasks of a calendar month.

To begin, the team use oxen to plough, sow seeds by hand and prepare a Jacobean feast.

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Experts, archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm for a year

Twelve-part series in which five experts, archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm for a year as it would have been in the reign of King James I

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