Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Collin Richards with bricks made in the old-fashioned way

Millions of people are expected to tune in tonight for the final part of a BBC2 show which highlights Victorian life on a Shropshire farm.

Viewers will take a step back in time during the last episode of “Victorian Farm Christmas” being screened at 8pm which was filmed at the Acton Scott estate near Church Stretton. During tonight’s show Christmas is coming to Acton Scott. Ruth Goodman and food historian Ivan Day try their hand at making a Christmas pudding using the same methods as Bob Cratchit’s wife in A Christmas Carol.

Meanwhile, presenters Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn light the forge for the first time to re-shoe the farm workhorse Clumper – the first time a horse has been shod at the forge in more than five decades.

Viewers will also see the them go Christmas shopping Victorian-style to Blists Hill.

The show will culminate in a glorious feast followed by some drunken Victorian parlour games. The first of the three shows topped the viewing figures with more than three million tuning in and took a 13.7 per cent share of the audience. The second episode attracted 2.8 million viewers.

Speaking on whether the success could prompt another series, David Upshal, executive producer for Lion TV, said: “I would hope that we would be back to film more in some shape or form in the future.”