The Victorian Kitchen Garden

It recreated a kitchen garden of the Victorian era at Leverton, Berkshire (near Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire).

The presenter was the horticultural lecturer, Peter Thoday (1934-2023),[1] the master gardener was Harry Dodson, and the director was Keith Sheather.

[2] The theme music and soundtrack was composed by Paul Reade and performed principally by Emma Johnson playing the clarinet.

Writing for The Guardian in 2009 during a repeat of the series, Lucy Mangan found that it was the "details that make the programme sing" and concluded by saying: "May it flourish somewhere in the schedules for ever.

"[6] Writer Helen Rosner discovered several episodes of the show online during the spring of 2020, and wrote a long article praising it for The New Yorker: "The Soothing Pleasures of "The Victorian Kitchen Garden", a Vintage BBC Docuseries".