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Empire Day approaches and a paddle steamer docks at the Morwellham Quay for the first time in 80 years. Such vessels were frequent visitors when Edwardian tourists first began to visit the Tamar Valley, and Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman put on a party for the passengers, but have to learn how to make clotted cream and the Devonshire version of a scone. Plus, the trio harvest their strawberries
Documentary
News/Current Affairs
Cast & Crew
Alex Langlands
(Presenter)
Peter Ginn
(Presenter)
Ruth Goodman
(Presenter)
Naomi Benson
(Producer)
David Upshal
(Executive producer)
Stuart Elliott
(Series editor)
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Did You Know..
Alex Langlands
(Presenter)
Peter Ginn
(Presenter)
Ruth Goodman
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Victorian Farm.
Early-life:
Ruth was born in 1963. She made her TV debut in Tales from the Green Valley, which saw her spending a year reconstructing and maintaining a 17th-century farm with archaeologists Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands.
Career:
In 2009, Goodman was part of a team that recreated everyday life on a small farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century in popular BBC series Victorian Farm. Her other TV projects on similar lines include Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm and Wartime Farm. She has also presented Coast and 24 Hours in the Past. Away from her TV work, Goodman works with a range of institutions and museums such as The Weald and Downland, The Globe Theatre, and the National Trust.
Quote:
"We matter. How our ancestors - ordinary men, women and children - solved the nitty gritty problems of everyday life made the world what it is today."
Trivia:
In 2012, Goodman was awarded an Honorary Degree from Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln.
Naomi Benson
(Producer)
David Upshal
(Executive producer)
Stuart Elliott
(Series editor)
