Coal House (2007)

Specials

Coal House is a Welsh television series made by Indus Films for BBC Wales, and broadcast on BBC One Wales, with a subsequent UK wide repeat of both series on BBC Four. Series 1 was set in the depressed economic coalfields of 1927, while Series 2 was set in 1944 as World War II draws to a close. Series 2 was broadcast on BBC across the UK from October 2009

Released Oct. 27, 2007 Episode 30 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Reality TV

Keywords: imdb.non-fiction, imdb.coal-mine

Network: BBC One

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

8.2

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Trakt

/3/

TMDb

S0E1 - The Bevin Boys and Evacuees Story

In 2008, a group of young people joined three Welsh families in BBC Wales's landmark living history series Coal House at War. They were transported back in time to 1944 to face the hardships of life in a World War II mining community. This programme looks back at the experiences of the four Bevin Boys and the young evacuees, and reveals how they felt when they returned to modern life.

S0E2 - The Griffiths Family Story

In 2008, three Welsh families took part in an extraordinary social experiment - they were transported back to 1944 to experience life in a World War II mining community. In this programme, we take a look back at the Griffiths family's time in Stack Square and reveal how Rose, Hywel, Mandy and the boys felt when they returned to modern life.

S0E3 - The Tranter Davies Family Story

In 2008, the Tranter Davies family from Merthyr Tydfil took part in BBC Wales' landmark living history series Coal House at War. For a month, they were transported back in time to 1944 to face the hardships of life in a World War II mining community. In this programme, we look back at their time in Stack Square and reveal how Laura, Geraint and the five girls felt when they returned to modern life.

S0E4 - The Paisey Family Story

In 2008, the Paisey family from Cardiff took part in BBC Wales' landmark living history series Coal House at War. For a month, the Paiseys and two other families were transported back in time to 1944 to face the hardships of life in a World War II mining community. In this programme, we see how Natalie, Stephen and their four children coped with their time in Stack Square and how they felt once they returned to modern life.

S0E5 - Dance House 1944

Dance House 1944 takes a look at how people faced the music and danced during the Second World War despite bombs falling and bad news from abroad. Veterans of the fighting front and the home front describe how important dancing was for them and chart the changes in fashion from strictly ballroom to jitterbug and jive.

Network: BBC One

Episode Runtime: 30 min.

Season Runtime: 660 min.

Released: Oct. 27, 2007

Last Air Date: Jan. 4, 2010, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

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