

Victorian Pharmacy
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.
Episodes
More Like This

The Machines That Built America
2021

Wartime Farm
2012

La grande traversée
2017

Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
2013

Titanic Sinks Tonight
2025

The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
Body Invaders
2012

Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon
2016

Edwardian Farm
2010

Revolution!
2021

The Wonderful Machine
1990
The Body in Question
1978

The American West
2016

Notre Histoire de France
2024

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
2022

How the Victorians Built Britain
2018

J'aurais donc dû, docteur!
2016

Liberty!
1997

The Victorian Slum
2016

Tudor Monastery Farm
2013