Episodes (22)
1. Episode 1
Aired 5 July 2010 • 45 min
The Doige and Mills families learn a Victorian bread recipe and how to make clay bricks.
2. Episode 2
Aired 6 July 2010 • 45 min
The Doige and Mills families make damson butter and get a horse and cart driving lesson.
3. Episode 3
Aired 7 July 2010 • 45 min
The dads take on an important farm job - haymaking, using old-fashioned scythes.
4. Episode 4
Aired 8 July 2010 • 45 min
The Doige family go head-to-head with the Mills family in a muckspreading challenge.
5. Episode 5
Aired 12 July 2010 • 45 min
The families try sheep farming: cleaning, herding and selecting sheep and spinning wool.
6. Episode 6
Aired 13 July 2010 • 45 min
The children get to grips with a hand-operated Victorian corn kibbler.
7. Episode 7
Aired 14 July 2010 • 45 min
The Mums find out just how hard Victorian housewives worked when they make butter.
8. Episode 8
Aired 19 July 2010 • 45 min
The Dads take on a dangerous and very hot job in the blacksmith's forge.
9. Episode 9
Aired 20 July 2010 • 45 min
The Dads learn that making a gate Victorian style isn't as simple as they thought.
10. Episode 10
Aired 21 July 2010 • 45 min
It's the day of the big weekly challenge for the two families.
11. Episode 11
Aired 22 July 2010 • 45 min
The Mums face their worst nightmare - ironing in the 19th century.
12. Episode 12
Aired 23 July 2010 • 45 min
The Dads take on the arduous task of repairing a dry stone wall.
13. Episode 13
Aired 26 July 2010 • 45 min
The children make a fidget pie out of potato, gammon, apple and onion.
14. Episode 14
Aired 27 July 2010 • 45 min
The children from the Bagley and Booth families get a lesson in Victorian pest control.
15. Episode 15
Aired 28 July 2010 • 45 min
The families compete to take home the prize for best Victorian ploughing family.
16. Episode 16
Aired 29 July 2010 • 45 min
The Degale family from Enfield and a family from the Cotswolds begin a week of challenges.
17. Episode 17
Aired 30 July 2010 • 45 min
The men go rabbiting in the Shropshire hills and the mums are in the laundry.
18. Episode 18
Aired 2 August 2010 • 45 min
The children concoct herbal remedies out of strawberries, pepper, onions and honey.
19. Episode 19
Aired 3 August 2010 • 45 min
The dads sharpen their axes and saws as they prepare wood to light the range.
20. Episode 20
Aired 4 August 2010 • 45 min
On the final day the families compete to see who can put on the best cattle show.
21. Episode 21
Aired 5 August 2010 • 45 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 6 August 2010 • 45 min