Victorian Pharmacy
Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th Century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm.
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Historical observational documentary series which recreates a Victorian pharmacy.
1.Episode 1
15-07-201060mA look at the world of the pharmacy at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837. In a unique experiment, historian Ruth Goodman, Professor Nick Barber and PhD student Tom Q...
2.Episode 2
22-07-201060mThe team find out how the discovery of germs made disinfectants a bestseller. The team take on the challenges of the 1850s and 60s, a time when overcrowded and unsanitary living c...
3.Episode 3
05-08-201060mThe pharmacy enters a period of new inventions and new laws, beginning in 1868. The pharmacy enters a period of new inventions and new laws. In 1868 pharmacies were regulated by l...
4.Episode 4
12-08-201060mThe team continue with the pharmacy through to the end of the Victorian era. The last programme in the series sees Ruth, Tom and Nick continue with Barber and Goodman's Pharmacy t...
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