The 1900 House (1999)

Season 1

The 1900 House is a historical reality television programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 1999. The show is about a modern family that tries to the live in the way of the late Victorians in 1900 for three months in a modified house. It was shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and PBS in America. The series was accompanied by a book titled 1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family by Mark McCrum and Matthew Sturgis.

Released Sept. 21, 1999 Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary, History, Reality

Keywords: imdb.year-in-title, imdb.19th-century, imdb.family-relationships

Production Companies: Channel 4 Television, PBS

Network: Channel 4

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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S1E1 - The Time Machine

We go behind-the scenes to find out how an ordinary terraced house in the shadow of the Millennium Dome was transformed into a time machine and why the Bowlers were selected

Sept. 22, 1999, midnight

S1E2 - Time Travellers

In Somerset, the Bowlers indulge in a last supper of junk food before saying goodbye to 1999 and hello to life in 1900

Sept. 23, 1999, midnight

S1E3 - A Rude Awakening

The Bowlers wake up to their first morning in the 1900 house. There is no water, potties need emptying and the milk has gone off. The dream is over.

Sept. 30, 1999, midnight

S1E4 - Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness

It is a week since the Bowlers began their time travel experience. But no one has had a decent bath. The range cooker, which should provide hot water, hasn't produced a drop.

Oct. 7, 1999, midnight

S1E5 - How to Be a Victorian

After four weeks of the drudgery of a Victorian level of housework, Joyce comes up with a 1900 solution: finding a servant to do the dirty work, as most women in her position would have done a hundred years ago.

Oct. 14, 1999, midnight

S1E6 - Upstairs Downstairs

A newcomer arrives at the house as Elizabeth, their new "maid of all work' starts domestic service. Scrubbing, washing, ironing, carpet beating, black-leading the range - all for 4d a day.

Oct. 21, 1999, midnight

S1E7 - Women's Liberation

The arrival of the maid has given Joyce the freedom to investigate the history of the suffragette movement. But the more she learns about the battle for women's rights, the worse she feels about employing a maid.

Oct. 28, 1999, midnight

S1E8 - The Good Old Days

eriment in living history to investigate how radically our lives have been changed by technology, a modern family swap the luxury of 1999 for a life of urban Victorian domesticity A night out at a Music Hall is a great success but proves a rude introduction to the seedy world of Victorian London

Nov. 4, 1999, midnight

S1E9 - Back to the Future

After three months of living in the past, the Bowlers' Victorian odyssey is coming to an end. Before they leave, they decide to throw a party for their friends and neighbours.

Dec. 28, 1999, midnight

S1E10 - A Year to Remember

The Bowlers reflect on the highs, lows and unforgettable moments of their three month living-history experiment.

Dec. 28, 1999, midnight

Channel 4

60 min/ep

30 min

Sept. 21, 1999

Dec. 28, 1999, midnight

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