The Victorian Farm on BBC2

The History and Geography of Auld Scotia

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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:24 pm

...and sadly, episode 6 is the last in the series. It has been a wonderfully interesting and illuminating series and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It very much helped to illustrate features of the lives of our agricultural ancestors in the late 1800s in a way no book could achieve. I, for one, will miss my weekly "fix" of "real life" history.

I'm sure , for the three who were living on the farm for the year, the return to 21st century existence will be a strange experience, and I can imagine there may be many times when, despite the hard work involved, they will wish they were back on the farm.

LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:30 am

Hi all
As mentioned by Lesley (Kenspeckle) "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce" - just found this is available to view in UK on BBci at this link here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... er_Pearce/
- Available until: 9:59pm Monday 2nd March 2009
Best wishes
Lesley

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Post by Ann In the UK » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:49 am

For those outside of the UK wanting to see The Victorian Farm. Have you tried Googlevideo?

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?h ... =N&tab=wv#

You may have to use Google.com Not sure whether it'll work (mine always switches back to Google.co.uk when I try, so I can get it!) But worth a go. It's a great series.

(And about the tongue....My dad still eats that. And hearts. Liver. Pigs feet. Tails. Ick. It's offal :wink: Sorry :oops: )

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Post by SarahND » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:53 pm

Hi Ann,
Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it doesn't work :( Just takes me to a page with an article about the series and no video. Will have to wait until it comes again to a wider audience.

Can you still see the videos? If they are there in the archives and watchable again, I could try next time I'm in the UK (probably next November).

Regards,
Sarah

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Post by Ann In the UK » Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:52 pm

Yep, they're in the Google archive. Don't know if they'll still be there in Nov, but I don't see why not - it's not like they're pushed for space!