Showcase
Victorian Pharmacy

2010 1 Seasons English

PG

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.

More like this
  • Origins: The Journey of Humankind
  • Victorian Farm
  • How the Victorians Built Britain
  • Walking Victorian Britain
  • La macchina meravigliosa
  • Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You
  • Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
  • Tony Robinson's History of Britain
  • The Victorian Slum
  • Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon
  • Royal Mob
  • Victorian Bakers
  • Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
  • Remaking American Medicine
  • Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
  • The Brain: A Secret History
Popular Series