The 1900 House

1999 NR 1h 00m 8.1

A modern English family embark on a real-life time-travel adventure to late Victorian London.

A 1999 English family volunteers to spend three months in a restored Victorian house, which recreates life for the middle class of 1900. The family must wear period clothes, and not use any conveniences or products that was not available to a family of their class in 1900. The camera follows the members about as they struggle with trying to get enough hot water for a bath, create their own shampoo, raise chickens in the backyard, and (the women, at least) deal with constricting garments.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Time Machine

1. The Time Machine

Aired: Sep 22, 1999

We go behind-the scenes to find out how an ordinary terraced house in the sha...

Episode 2 A Rude Awakening

2. A Rude Awakening

Aired: Sep 23, 1999

In Somerset, the Bowlers indulge in a last supper of junk food before saying ...

Episode 3 A Woman's Place

3. A Woman's Place

Aired: Sep 30, 1999

The Bowlers wake up to their first morning in the 1900 house. There is no wat...

Episode 4 The End of an Era

4. The End of an Era

Aired: Oct 7, 1999

It is a week since the Bowlers began their time travel experience. But no one...

Episode 5 How to Be a Victorian

5. How to Be a Victorian

Aired: Oct 14, 1999

After four weeks of the drudgery of a Victorian level of housework, Joyce com...

Episode 6 Upstairs, Downstairs

6. Upstairs, Downstairs

Aired: Oct 21, 1999

A newcomer arrives at the house as Elizabeth, their new "maid of all work' st...

Episode 7 Women's Liberation

7. Women's Liberation

Aired: Oct 28, 1999

The arrival of the maid has given Joyce the freedom to investigate the histor...

Episode 8 The Good Old Days

8. The Good Old Days

Aired: Nov 4, 1999

eriment in living history to investigate how radically our lives have been ch...

Episode 9 Back to the Future

9. Back to the Future

Aired: Dec 28, 1999

After three months of living in the past, the Bowlers' Victorian odyssey is c...

Episode 10 A Year to Remember

10. A Year to Remember

Aired: Dec 28, 1999

The Bowlers reflect on the highs, lows and unforgettable moments of their thr...


Info about The 1900 House

Network: Channel 4

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Documentary, History