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EP1 The Time Machine Sep 22, 1999

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

EP2 Time Travellers Sep 23, 1999

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

EP3 A Rude Awakening Sep 30, 1999

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.

EP4 Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness Oct 07, 1999

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.

EP5 How to Be a Victorian Oct 14, 1999

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.

EP6 Upstairs Downstairs Oct 21, 1999

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.

EP7 Women's Liberation Oct 28, 1999

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.

EP8 The Good Old Days Nov 04, 1999

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

EP9 Back to the Future Dec 28, 1999

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.

EP10 A Year to Remember Dec 28, 1999

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

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Released: 22 September 1999 Ended

Producted By: Channel 4 Television

Country: United Kingdom

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Official Website: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-1900-house

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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.

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