A Farm Through Time

Farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson go back to the time of the Second World War, guided by historian Ruth Goodman, and visit the living history farm at Tatton Park. They discover how Nazi Germany attempted to starve Britain by sinking our merchant ships, which supplied 80 per cent of our fruit and 50 per cent of all meat.

At Chiltern Open Air Museum, Ruth Goodman introduces Rob and Dave Nicholson to innovative, labour-saving Victorian farm machinery - the reaper binder and the controversial threshing machine. The brothers also meet blacksmith Mark Harding, and make a traditional shepherd's crook that they put to good use at Cannon Hall Farm.

Rob and Dave Nicholson find out about the Iron Age from historian Ruth Goodman, discovering that one of the biggest revolutions in farming history took place in Britain 2,000 years ago. Rob and Dave learn how ancient Britons learnt to extract iron from the ground, visit Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire, and experience life as an ancient Briton.