Tales from the Green Valley - wikipedia Tales from the Green Valley Tales from the Green Valley Genre Documentary series Directed by Peter Sommer Starring Stuart Peachey, Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn, and Chloe Spencer. Narrated by Owen Teale Composer ( s ) David Poore Country of origin United Kingdom Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 12 Production Executive producer ( s ) Richard Bradley Producer ( s ) Peter Sommer David Upshal ( series producer ) Cinematography Peter Harvey Pete Hayns Running time 30 minutes Production company ( s ) Lion Television Distributor All3Media Release Original network BBC Two Picture format 16 : 9 576i Audio format Stereo Original release 19 August ( 2005 - 08 - 19 ) -- 4 November 2005 ( 2005 - 11 - 04 ) External links Website www.petersommer.com/about-peter-sommer-travels/tales-from-the-green-valley Tales from the Green Valley is a British historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two from 19 August to 4 November 2005. The series, made for the BBC by independent production company Lion TV, follows historians and archaeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts ; they wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620s. The series recreates everyday life on a small farm in Wales in the period, using authentic replica equipment and clothing, original recipes and reconstructed building techniques. Much use is made of period sources such as agricultural writers Gervase Markham and Thomas Tusser. The series features historians Stuart Peachey and Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Chloe Spencer. The series was released on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK. An associated book by Stuart Peachey -- The Building of the Green Valley : a reconstruction of an early 17th - century rural landscape -- was published in 2006. The sequel to this series is `` Victorian Farm '', with historian, Ruth Goodman, and archaeologists, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn returning as TV hosts. Contents 1 Episodes 2 Sequels 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links Episodes # Title Directed by Original air date `` September '' Peter Sommer 19 August 2005 ( 2005 - 08 - 19 ) Ploughing with oxen, baking in a hearth. `` October '' Peter Sommer 26 August 2005 ( 2005 - 08 - 26 ) Gathering pears, thatching the cowshed roof with a bracken undercoat and a wheat thatch, period clothes and boots, driving pigs to forage. `` November '' Peter Sommer 2 September 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 02 ) Slaughtering and butchering a pig, building a daub and wattle wall, harvesting meddlars, salting a table, combing thatch and pegging it down, making hog 's liver pudding. `` December '' Peter Sommer 9 September 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 09 ) Building a hovel ( a woodshed ), period clothing, peas, preparing for Christmas. 5 `` January '' Peter Sommer 16 September 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 16 ) Preparing period medicines, wood gathering, hedge laying, ink - making, and home pharmacy. 6 `` February '' Peter Sommer 23 September 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 23 ) A heavy fall of snow, rebuilding a lavatory, checking the sheep in preparation for lambing, musical instruments, preparing a meal of fish and bagged puddings for lent. 7 `` March '' Peter Sommer 30 September 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 30 ) Preparing the garden for sowing, wheat threshing, brewing March beer, pig yokes, fun and games, egg and pear pie with stewed salt cod. 8 `` April '' Peter Sommer 7 October 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 07 ) Spring cleaning, rebuilding a dry stone wall, a new baby calf. 9 `` May '' Peter Sommer 14 October 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 14 ) Preparing a new field for spring sowing, making charcoal, and butter. 10 `` June '' Peter Sommer 21 October 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 21 ) Washing and shearing sheep, cheese making, and mid-summer revels. 11 `` July '' Peter Sommer 28 October 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 28 ) New harvest from the garden ( beans and gooseberries ), making hay, clothes washing. 12 `` August '' Peter Sommer 4 November 2005 ( 2005 - 11 - 04 ) Fattening geese, goose pie and carrot puree, wheat and straw harvest, reed lights. Sequels A Tudor Feast at Christmas -- a `` spin - off '' from the series, broadcast in December 2006 -- showed the team recreating a Tudor banquet at Haddon Hall. A new series set in the 19th century, entitled Victorian Farm, was screened on BBC Two in January 2009 and was followed by Edwardian Farm in November 2010. A series set during the Second World War entitled Wartime Farm followed in September 2012, with Tudor Monastery Farm then premièring in November 2013. Trivia In the Hairy Bikers ' 2011 TV series, `` Hairy Bikers Best of British '', in the episode `` Beer and Cider '', footage of historian, Ruth Goodman, and archaeologist, Chloe Spencer, making ale for the Stuart / Jacobean Farm, is re-used. References Jump up ^ Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd. ISBN 978 - 1 - 905223 - 13 - 8 Jump up ^ BBC : `` A Tudor Feast at Christmas '' Jump up ^ Blogspot : A Tudor Feast at Christmas External links Tales from the Green Valley on IMDb Tales from the Green Valley website Full list of all 12 episodes BBC News Magazine : `` Lessons from our ancestors about the countryside '' Ruth Goodman website Alex Langlands website Ruth Goodman Series Tales from the Green Valley ( 2005 ) Victorian Farm ( 2009 ) Victorian Pharmacy ( 2010 ) Edwardian Farm ( 2010 ) Wartime Farm ( 2012 ) Tudor Monastery Farm ( 2013 ) Secrets of the Castle ( 2014 ) 24 Hours in the Past ( 2015 ) Full Steam Ahead ( 2016 ) Specials A Tudor Feast at Christmas ( 2006 ) Victorian Farm Christmas ( 2009 ) Wartime Farm Christmas ( 2012 ) Tudor Monastery Farm Christmas ( 2013 ) Collaborators David Upshal Stuart Elliot Stuart Peachey Alex Langlands Peter Ginn Tom Pinfold Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tales_from_the_Green_Valley&oldid=800050153 '' Categories : 2005 British television programme debuts 2005 British television programme endings 2000s British television series BBC television documentaries about history Renaissance reenactment English - language television programs Historical reality television series Television series by All3Media Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from December 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 11 September 2017, at 08 : 07. 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Question: where was tales from the green valley filmed
Answer: a small farm in Wales