Victorian Pharmacy

Runtime : 60 mins

Genre : Documentary Reality

Vote Rating : 10/10

Last Episode To Air: 12 August 2010

Network : BBC Two

First Air Date : 15 July 2010

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Plot : 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. 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, Nick Barber often uses his modern pharmaceutical knowledge to produce similar products without those ingredients. The other main presenters are 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.

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Cast Members

Presenter
played by
Ruth Goodman

Presenter
played by
Tom Quick

Narrator
played by
Stephen Noonan

Presenter
played by
Nick Barber

Season 1 Episodes 4

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