Ben Hymers
Self
The 1940s House (2001)
Season 1
The 1940s House is a British historical reality television programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 2001 about a modern family that tries to the live as a typical middle-class family in London during The Blitz of World War II. It was shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 2001, and in 2002 on PBS in the United States and ABC Television in Australia. It also aired on TVNZ in New Zealand. The series was narrated in the UK by Geoffrey Palmer.
Released Jan. 2, 2001
Episode 45 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Family
Keywords: imdb.year-in-title, imdb.20th-century, imdb.1940s, imdb.house, imdb.social-experiment, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.number-in-title
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Home Front
The series is introduced, the family moves in, war breaks out, and food rationing is confronted for the first time.
Jan. 2, 2001, midnight
S1E2 - 1939-1940: Into the Unknown
Michael Hymers leaves the house for three weeks for work-related reasons, and the family confronts additional rationing.
Jan. 4, 2001, midnight
S1E3 - 1941-1943: Women at War
Women at War (11 January 2001) - Lyn and Kirstie join the Women's Voluntary Service and work in the war industry.
Jan. 11, 2001, midnight
S1E4 - 1944-1945: The Beginning of the End
The family suffers from air-raids, sleep deprivation, and bomb damage before learning that the war is over. They also listen to radio stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Jan. 18, 2001, midnight
S1E5 - The Homecoming
Six months later, the Hymers reflect on their time in 1940s House.
Jan. 25, 2001, midnight
Channel 4
45 min/ep
225 min
Jan. 2, 2001
Jan. 25, 2001, midnight
Ended
NR / 2+
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