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.
Ben (who for some reason gets to take his pet to work) with two competing families, the Doiges and the MillsEach 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). Fridays are a little different as there are five tasks, all on a theme, and the family members compete in different combinations. 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. And when it's food, it tends to get shared out between them all anyway.
"Blest wi' content and milk and meal, O leeze me on my spinnin-wheel..."It's all quite inoffensive, gently educational (thanks to this show, we now know everything there is to know about damson butter - really, everything there is to know) and it seems like a good time is had by all.
Key moments
The dads being about a trillion times more competitive than anyone else.
