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Victorian Farm Christmas

Stuart Elliott

David Upshal

Ruth Goodman

Alex Langlands

Peter Ginn

Victorian Farm Christmas: Episode 2

Factual: History

Episode 2

BBC Two - Victorian Farm Christmas, Episode 2

The team tackle their biggest project yet: restoring the village blacksmith's forge.

Historical reality show. The team tackle restoring the forge, and Ruth makes remedies for typical winter ailments and gets advice from Christmas cracker historian Peter Kimpton.

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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Make your own traditional Victorian Christmas.

Victorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.

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