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Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 8:58 am Post subject: After the success of The Coal House why not sign up for...

...the BBC's next documentary series on the Welsh Victorian Farm if you fancy applying for the job! https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8330891.stm

Not sure whether The Coal House was shown outside Wales, but it was superb to watch. Several familes were transported back to live, work and survive in war time Wales for 6 weeks. It was excellent and very entertaining viewing (and a thousand times better than the truly dreaful Victorian Farm thingy that was on a few months ago). One of the families was a local family from here in Cardigan (Jack goes to school with the children) who were a delight!

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 9:05 am Post subject:
It was shown but we stumbled across it rather than knowing it was on, so missed most of it.

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 10:46 am Post subject:
I just applied

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 11:19 am Post subject:

Helen M wrote:

I just applied

Excellent

Naomi

Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1945

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 11:25 am Post subject:
the series is available on dvd and on bbc iplayer.. its fab!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 11:26 am Post subject: Re: After the success of The Coal House why not sign up for.

Mary-Jane wrote:

Several familes were transported back to live, work and survive in war time Wales for 6 weeks.

They just ran a film crew into Merthyr.

Naomi

Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1945

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 1:10 pm Post subject:
Apart from Tales from The Green Valley, The Victorian Farm,The 1940's House and Coal House , were there, or are there any other "living history" series/ programmes worth a watch?

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 09 1:11 pm Post subject:

Naomi wrote:

Apart from Tales from The Green Valley, The Victorian Farm,The 1940's House and Coal House , were there, or are there any other "living history" series/ programmes worth a watch?

regency houseparty is bizzare but funny. and the 1900's house was good

Naomi

Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1945

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 09 2:53 pm Post subject:
thanks x

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45427
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 09 2:56 pm Post subject:
Long time no see, you OK Naomi?

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 09 4:56 pm Post subject:

Helen M wrote:

...the 1900's house was good

Aaaagh: that woman who kept complaining that the house was a dust factory! Try living with it permanently, you daft bat!

Interesting, though.

Naomi

Joined: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1945

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 09 5:21 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Long time no see, you OK Naomi?

Yep Im good cheers Tahir . Nice to be back

Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 09 8:20 am Post subject:

Ooh, that looks interesting!
Looks like the women might have to do some slaughtering going by this:

Quote:

Whoever the successful families are, they'd better not be squeamish, or afraid of hard work, otherwise they're in for a hungry few weeks."

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