Ben Fogle's Escape in Time
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Ben Fogle's Escape in Time

2010
1 season
22 episodes
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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    05-07-201045m

    The Doige and Mills families learn a Victorian bread recipe and how to make clay bricks.

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    06-07-201045m

    The Doige and Mills families make damson butter and get a horse and cart driving lesson.

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    07-07-201045m

    The dads take on an important farm job - haymaking, using old-fashioned scythes.

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    08-07-201045m

    The Doige family go head-to-head with the Mills family in a muckspreading challenge.

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    12-07-201045m

    The families try sheep farming: cleaning, herding and selecting sheep and spinning wool.

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    13-07-201045m

    The children get to grips with a hand-operated Victorian corn kibbler.

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    14-07-201045m

    The Mums find out just how hard Victorian housewives worked when they make butter.

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    19-07-201045m

    The Dads take on a dangerous and very hot job in the blacksmith's forge.

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    20-07-201045m

    The Dads learn that making a gate Victorian style isn't as simple as they thought.

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    21-07-201045m

    It's the day of the big weekly challenge for the two families.

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    22-07-201045m

    The Mums face their worst nightmare - ironing in the 19th century.

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    23-07-201045m

    The Dads take on the arduous task of repairing a dry stone wall.

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    26-07-201045m

    The children make a fidget pie out of potato, gammon, apple and onion.

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    27-07-201045m

    The children from the Bagley and Booth families get a lesson in Victorian pest control.

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    28-07-201045m

    The families compete to take home the prize for best Victorian ploughing family.

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    29-07-201045m

    The Degale family from Enfield and a family from the Cotswolds begin a week of challenges.

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    30-07-201045m

    The men go rabbiting in the Shropshire hills and the mums are in the laundry.

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    02-08-201045m

    The children concoct herbal remedies out of strawberries, pepper, onions and honey.

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    03-08-201045m

    The dads sharpen their axes and saws as they prepare wood to light the range.

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    04-08-201045m

    On the final day the families compete to see who can put on the best cattle show.

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    05-08-201045m
  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    06-08-201045m

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