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Tales From The Green Valley [DVD]

Peter Sommer    Exempt   DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Directors: Peter Sommer
  • Producers: David Upshal
  • Format: PAL, Colour
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Acorn Media UK
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Dec 2005
  • Run Time: 360 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BND09Y
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35,284 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

All 12 parts of the television documentary series, taking five experts, including archaeologists and historians, and setting them the challenge of running a farm as it would have been run 400 years ago. Working without modern tools and machinery, the team have to turn their expert knowledge into practical results.

Product Description

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Alternative Footage, Biographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Production Notes, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Travel back through history to a time when King James I ruled the land in this fascinating BBC 2 series... A hidden Welsh border valley provides the ideal setting for a documentative reality-experience as a group of archeology and history experts spend a year immersed in country life as it was 400 years ago, when King James I ruled the land. Each episode will focus on amonth in the life of the farm, following the seasonal tasks that the team endeavour to carry out - from harvesting and building, to the birthing of calves, from salting and smoking meat to sheep shearing and garment making. ...Tales from the Green Valley - Complete Series - 2-DVD Set


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92 of 92 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars something for everyone... 28 Jan 2006
Format:DVD
This superb series deserves to do well on DVD after the shoddy way it was treated by the BBC TV schedulers, particularly (and surprisingly) BBC Wales. There is much to enjoy especially for allotment holders, permaculture enthusiasts and smallholders. Plenty of green-woodworking projects are demonstrated, albeit briefly. Herbal remedies, traditional food preservation, brewing,harvesting and preparing grain crops, growing medlars, clearing land with the aid of animals, cooking with wood fired ovens, charcoal making and traditional uses of charcoal, drystone walling, hedging, an abundance of long forgotten recipes, and best of all, a reminder that it wasn't all hard graft; festivals and fun are well represented. In a world addicted to cheap oil, fast food and shiny gadgets, we could (re)learn a lot from our resourceful ancestors. They managed admirably without fridges, fossil fuels and supermarkets.
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5.0 out of 5 stars valiant valley 6 Jan 2006
Format:DVD
The Tales From The Green Valley was the very best 'past living' venture that I have seen.So Refreshing to see the participants getting stuck in and enjoying every minute regardless of the possible struggles... always drives me nuts when people agree to take part and then spend the whole series whining about the things they 'can't live without'. Everyone was so knowledgeable and interested in all areas of Hill Farm living.As someone who is not generally thrilled by cooking, I thought the recipes and food preparation/storage/cooking was particularly good. The information and detail of all aspects was fascinating, and well presented.The series showed both how hard life was,and how rewarding and the importance of pulling together. It was also beautifully filmed.I would LOVE to have had the opportunity to do what the team did. I was disappointed and suprised that a BBC book was not published to go with series,but the DVD will do nicely.
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5.0 out of 5 stars best TV of 2005 14 Jan 2006
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Format:DVD
This was a delightful television programme which was a highlight of my week for some time during the autumn. I was so pleased when I discovered a DVD was available, especially as I had missed the first episode. The historians' enthusiasm was infectious and it was facinating to witness the importance of seasons back then and the well evolved farming, cooking and building techniques that were used. My only criticism would be the length of the programmes - it seemed that they could easily have filled an hour rather than a half hour.
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Published 1 month ago by kevin pieschke
5.0 out of 5 stars The Green Valley Tales
A friend had lent us their CD. We loved it so much we bought our own copy. We would recommend them to anyone else interested in historical farming.
Published 1 month ago by I. Gallagher
5.0 out of 5 stars The best tale of olden way of Farmin
I am a great admirer of the series Farms and this DVD is no exception. The only drawback is, as mentioned in an earlier review, the nonexistent subtitles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Green Valley DVD
I received the item in very good time and was adequately packaged. I would certainly recommend and use this company again
Published 4 months ago by Jon Baldwin
4.0 out of 5 stars Great
I enjoyed all of these series and it was lovely to find the first series to add to my collecting. Good quality.
Published 4 months ago by Annette Bate
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and enjoyable
I learned many things from this series, attention to detail was wonderful. As usual, these three historians have done a remarkable job.
Published 5 months ago by loveshistory
5.0 out of 5 stars Tales from the Green Valley
I am interested in our history and thought this DVD gave a very good insight into how our ancestors lived.
Published 5 months ago by Maveen Tomlinson
5.0 out of 5 stars The early days of Peter, Ruth and Alex!
Watched and enjoyed Edwardian, Victorian or Wartime farms? Hooked on the historical details and struggles of primitive farming and eating? Read more
Published 6 months ago by KAREN PINCHBECK
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Loved this programme as much as the Victorian and Edwardian Farm's - bit too much pipe music but that was to be expected!
Published 19 months ago by Crazyjayne
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