22 Episodes
The Doige and Mills families learn a Victorian bread recipe and how to make clay bricks.
July 5, 2010The Doige and Mills families make damson butter and get a horse and cart driving lesson.
July 6, 2010The dads take on an important farm job - haymaking, using old-fashioned scythes.
July 7, 2010The Doige family go head-to-head with the Mills family in a muckspreading challenge.
July 8, 2010The families try sheep farming: cleaning, herding and selecting sheep and spinning wool.
July 12, 2010The children get to grips with a hand-operated Victorian corn kibbler.
July 13, 2010The Mums find out just how hard Victorian housewives worked when they make butter.
July 14, 2010The Dads take on a dangerous and very hot job in the blacksmith's forge.
July 19, 2010The Dads learn that making a gate Victorian style isn't as simple as they thought.
July 20, 2010It's the day of the big weekly challenge for the two families.
July 21, 2010The Mums face their worst nightmare - ironing in the 19th century.
July 22, 2010The Dads take on the arduous task of repairing a dry stone wall.
July 23, 2010The children make a fidget pie out of potato, gammon, apple and onion.
July 26, 2010The children from the Bagley and Booth families get a lesson in Victorian pest control.
July 27, 2010The families compete to take home the prize for best Victorian ploughing family.
July 28, 2010The Degale family from Enfield and a family from the Cotswolds begin a week of challenges.
July 29, 2010The men go rabbiting in the Shropshire hills and the mums are in the laundry.
July 30, 2010The children concoct herbal remedies out of strawberries, pepper, onions and honey.
August 2, 2010The dads sharpen their axes and saws as they prepare wood to light the range.
August 3, 2010On the final day the families compete to see who can put on the best cattle show.
August 4, 2010