Synopsis
The first day of spring on the Jones and Braddock families' 1890 smallholding sees tempers fray as 21st-century expectations clash with the realities of Victorian life.
- Programme: Snowdonia 1890
- Series: The Full Story
- Episode: 4
- Channel: BBC Two Wales
- Broadcast year: 2011
- History
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