Victorian Bakers
β 8.5 Β· 2016 Β· 60m Β· Documentary Β· Reality
Four professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to bake their way through the Victorian era. They set up shop in 1837, when their trade was vital to the survival of the nation.
Episodes
1. Episode 160m Β· Four bakers leave their businesses behind to bake their way through the Victorian era.
2. Episode 260m Β· The team works in an urban bakery during the 1870s, the era of the Industrial Revolution.
3. Episode 360m Β· It is 1900 and the bakers now have an elegant shop on the high street.
4. Christmas60m Β· How the Victorians invented Christmas as it is known today.More Like This
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