Escape in Time

(Synopsis: I will return to this when I've figured out the point I want to make about why a game show format is more honest than, say, "Coal House At War".)
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Two families compete over the course of a week in various rural skills of the past. Made by the team behind the ''Victorian Farm'' documentary series, in the same location (Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire), though as far as we know, the experts from that series aren't involved in this one. (Even though it was filmed back-to-back with the ''Victorian Farm Christmas'' series.)
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Two families compete over the course of a week in various rural skills of the past. Made by the team behind the ''Victorian Farm'' documentary series, in the same location (Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire), though the experts from that series aren't involved in this one.  
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Each day there are three challenges - one for the mums (generally on domestic skills such as cooking and crafts), one for the dads (usually farming-related), and one for the children (which could be anything; the first week's tasks ranged from mucking out pigs to an archery competition). The family who win the most challenges each day get a prize, but these are quite token in nature, generally some produce, or products, from the estate.
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It's all quite inoffensive, gently educational (thanks to this show, we now know all there is to know about damson butter - really, ''all'' there is to know) and it seems like a good time is had by all.
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==Key moments==
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The dads being about a trillion times more competitive than anyone else.
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Revision as of 22:07, 8 July 2010

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Host

Ben Fogle

Broadcast

Lion TV for BBC Two, 5 July 2010-

Synopsis

Two families compete over the course of a week in various rural skills of the past. Made by the team behind the Victorian Farm documentary series, in the same location (Acton Scott Estate in Shropshire), though the experts from that series aren't involved in this one.

Each day there are three challenges - one for the mums (generally on domestic skills such as cooking and crafts), one for the dads (usually farming-related), and one for the children (which could be anything; the first week's tasks ranged from mucking out pigs to an archery competition). The family who win the most challenges each day get a prize, but these are quite token in nature, generally some produce, or products, from the estate.

It's all quite inoffensive, gently educational (thanks to this show, we now know all there is to know about damson butter - really, all there is to know) and it seems like a good time is had by all.

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Key moments

The dads being about a trillion times more competitive than anyone else.

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