Escape in Time
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.
