More OS TV - Tales from the Green Valley

Loadsabob

Coming up on BBC2, Friday night 7pm for 12 weeks:

Tales from the Green Valley: "A trip back to the realm of James 1 as a team of archaeologists and historians try to run a Welsh farm for 12 months as if it's the year 1620. September. The would-be farmers use oxen to plough the land, but have to sow the seeds by hand. They also prepare a rustic Jacobean feast."

Apparently the project was a "resounding success", so not your usual reality TV dramas, hopefully, and the people involved have an interest and knowledge in the period and methods. Sounds interesting rather than sensational, so I think I'll give it a go!

More "Olde" Style, I suppose!

pol

I was just reading about this in the Radio Times, and thinking that it sounded really interesting. I don't usually watch 'reality shows' but as you say, this will be involving people who have an actual interest in the subject, not people who are just desperate to get on TV.

pol

BWZN93

Did anyone watch that one that was on Sunday afternoons called 'Pioneer House' - it was done by the same company that did the 1900's house etc - and they had to live as though they had come over from England and barter with the indians etc.

Shame its finished now, as I thought it was really good! Ill definately be watching this one though!

Jo xx

culpepper

yes we watched the pioneer house.
Cant help thinking the family skinny dipping instead of going to church would have been ostracised in real life though.
Will watch this one with interest!

nicki_2

Just alarmed this on Digiguide so I hopefully won't miss it! Although I'll probably miss next weeks (26th) as I might be away :rolleyes:

competitionscafe

Bump! [As a reminder that this is on tonight (starts in just over an hour) ]

Radio Times:
Tales from the Green Valley
7:30pm - 8:00pm
BBC2 VIDEO Plus+: 884
Subtitled, Widescreen

1/12

This is a sort of British version of Pioneer House, albeit with five historical and archaeological experts taking part. So no Big Brother-style strops or desperate struggles to cope with the privations of living in the past. Just explanations and a quiet determination to run an abandoned Welsh farm for a year as it would have been done 400 years ago. Seeing the experts put their knowledge into practice is surprisingly gripping, whether they're grappling with itchy 17th-century clothes, plucking and cooking pigeons, or working out the correct way to handle a 400-year-old plough. There's also a richness to the photography that makes it quite lovely to watch. It's like being stuck in the middle of ye olde medieval fayre. "

- couple of interesting articles on it:

here: http://www.petersommer.com/writing_tales.html

and here: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/features/tm_objectid=15848623&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=how-green-is-my-valley--name_page.html

culpepper

just watched it.It was very interesting.I think the neighbours would complain if I killed pigeons in our garden,shame ,they looked lovely.
Its nice to see a program where it isnt all about someone having a moan at what they are missing in 'civilization'.
The food looked very elaborate and they had knives and spoons but no forks!

thriftlady_2

I absolutely loved this series, more than the recent Victorian Farm. I have the DVDs too;)

Aril

I'm going to a talk given by Ruth in June:j:j
Aril

rosieben

Aril wrote: »

I'm going to a talk given by Ruth in June:j:j
Aril

I am greeeeen with envy! Please come back and tell us how it went - not to share the entire contents of the talk obviously but maybe an interesting tidbit or 2?