A TELEVISION series about life on an Edwardian farm, which was filmed at Morwellham Quay earlier this year, will be screened next month.

Following on from the hugely successful Victorian Farm, archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and domestic historian Ruth Goodman return to BBC 2 as they experience what life was like in Edwardian times.

With 12 episodes following life on the farm over a whole calendar year, Edwardian Farm goes deep into a lost rural world where life was tough and working together was the only means of achieving anything.

Setting up home at Morwellham Quay, the intrepid trio have to get to grips with the trials and tribulations of life at the turn of the 20th century.

This was a time of great social change and tumult — a time when farming was becoming increasingly mechanised and the world was moving gradually towards war.

Morwellham Quay was once one of the busiest ports in Britain but has long since come to a standstill — it is now down to Alex, Peter and Ruth to bring it back to life as it would have been in its heyday during the reign of King Edward VII.

They will have to learn new period skills and crafts, using only the tools and materials that would have been available at the time.

But farming here was about far more than just livestock and crops. Farmers had to diversify and the stunning new location allows the team to explore other areas of the wider working countryside, including fishing, tin mining, market gardening and to master the industrial advances of the Edwardian age.

From investigating the impact of water-powered machines and the world's first tractor, the team will engage in a whole host of challenging activities, delving into Britain's rural heritage once again to unearth how Edwardian farmers recovered from the agricultural depression, leaner, fitter and more diverse then ever before.

The last series of Victorian Farm, broadcast in January 2010, attracted an average of 3.6-million viewers.

Owner of Morwellham Quay Simon Lister said he was very excited about the series being screened: 'Since the filming we have actually bought the paddle steamer 'The Monarch' which is featured in the programme.

'It was owned by two chaps on the Isle of Wight but now it will be based at Morwellham and be going up and down the river next year.'

Morwellham Quay, which also has a museum and visitors' centre, school and mine workings, will be open to visitors all winter, except for Christmas Day.

The first episode of Edwardian Farm is expected to be screened on November 10 but programme schedules could change.