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Victorian Pharmacy

Victorian Pharmacy

Score: 10.0

Genre: Documentary, Reality

First air date: 2010-07-15

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.

Actors:

Ruth Goodman

Ruth Goodman

Tom Quick

Tom Quick

Stephen Noonan

Stephen Noonan

Nick Barber

Nick Barber

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