Victorian Pharmacy

Victorian Pharmacy
StarringRuth Goodman
Professor Nick Barber
Tom Quick
Narrated bySteven Noonan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducersCassie Braben
David Upshal
Running time60 minutes
Production companyLion Television
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release15 July (2010-07-15) –
12 August 2010 (2010-08-12)
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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.[1] It was filmed at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Shropshire.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "First episode of BBC2 "Victorian pharmacy" attracts over 2.5m viewers | News | Pharmaceutical Journal". www.pharmaceutical-journal.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ Victorian Pharmacy recreated at Blists Hill BBC Shropshire, 14 July 2010