Victorian Pharmacy (2010)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three presenters recreate a working Victorian pharmacy. They use historical methods to make remedies, while adapting dangerous ingredients with modern knowledge. The series shows how people treated common illnesses in the 19th century.

educationalnostalgicinformativeslow-pacedcurioushistoricalcalmrevelatory

What happens

Victorian Pharmacy is a historical documentary TV series in four parts, first shown on BBC Two in July 2010. It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television. The series producer was Cassie Braben and the Executive Producer was David Upshal. It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire. It is a historical documentary that looks at life in the 19th century and how people attempted to cure common ailments. Since some of the ingredients of Victorian remedies are now either illegal or known to be dangerous, Professor Nick Barber often used his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters were Tom Quick, a PhD student, and Ruth Goodman, a domestic historian who also appeared in Tales from the Green Valley, Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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