Tales from the Green Valley

Tales from the Green Valley

October (1x2)


: 26, 2005

The pressure of 17th-century living mounts as the farmers race to harvest a crop of pears, and try to build a shelter for the livestock before the weather worsens. A thatcher builds a roof for the cowshed using bracken, and the team drive the pigs into the woods to fatten them up on seeds and nuts. They then reward themselves for their hard work by cooking a traditional meal of spit-roasted mutton

  • : 2005
  • : 12
  • : 6
  • BBC Two