Victorian Farm

The team move into the smallholding at Acton Scott and begin restoring the cottage, getting in some practice with steam-powered machinery and making cider.

As autumn ends, winter-proofing begins in earnest - essential work if the livestock and crops are to make it through the frost.

Emergency repairs demand the team go back to DIY basics with the help of the woodsman, the blacksmith and the basketmaker.

Alex and Peter must master animal midwifery in time for spring, and the team turns to Victorian science in a bid to save their struggling crops.

Ruth dives into a tough task in the dairy, Alex tries his hand at bee-keeping and the lengthening summer days give Peter and Alex a chance to try out some Victorian cricket.

As their year on the Victorian Farm draws to an end, the team have to perform the most crucial task on the calendar: bringing in the wheat harvest.