A House Through Time
A House Through Time is a documentary television series made by Twenty Twenty Television for BBC Two. The first series aired in 2018, a second in 2019 and a third in 2020, with each examining the history of a single residential building in an English city.
A House Through Time | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Presented by | David Olusoga |
Composer | Paul Honey |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Maxine Watson |
Producer | Mary Crisp |
Production locations | Liverpool (series 1) Newcastle upon Tyne (series 2) Bristol (series 3) |
Production company | Twenty Twenty |
Release | |
Original network | BBC Two |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Original release | 4 January 2018 |
External links | |
Website |
The programme is presented by David Olusoga, who studied history at the University of Liverpool in the early 1990s and is Professor of Public History at Manchester University.[1][2] The series consultant is design historian Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan, of the University of Portsmouth, who also appears in each episode.[3]
A fourth series, set in Leeds, has been commissioned for broadcast in 2021.[4]
Episodes
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 4 | 4 January 2018 | 25 January 2018 | ||
2 | 4 | 8 April 2019 | 29 April 2019 | ||
3 | 4 | 26 May 2020 | 16 June 2020 |
Series 1 (2018)
The first series features the house at 62 Falkner Street in the Canning area of Liverpool.[5][1][6]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by [7] | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [8] | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Paul Tilzey | David Olusoga | 4 January 2018 | 3.13 | |
David Olusoga visits the house at 62 Falkner Street for the first time, and explores the stories of its first inhabitants, who lived there in 1840s and 1850s. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Stuart Elliott | David Olusoga | 11 January 2018 | 2.44 | |
David looks at the trials and tribulations of 62 Falkner Street's residents from the 1850s through to the 1890s. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Stuart Elliott | David Olusoga | 18 January 2018 | 2.44 | |
David uncovers the lives of the house's residents from 1891 to 1945, covering World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Paul Tilzey | David Olusoga | 25 January 2018 | 2.47 | |
David finally covers the house's residents from 1945 to the present day, and reveals the programme's findings to the house's present occupant. |
Series 2 (2019)
Series two featured 5 Ravensworth Terrace,[9] a Georgian-era terraced house in the Summerhill area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and began broadcast on BBC Two on 8 April 2019.[10][11][12][13][14] As a result of research conducted for the programme, a plaque was unveiled there, commemorating a former resident (1841–1857), the naturalist Joshua Alder, on 26 September 2018 by Olusoga and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, David Down.[15] The house has been Grade II listed since June 1976.[16]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by [7] | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [17] | |
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5 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Nicola Seare | David Olusoga | 8 April 2019 | 2.40 | |
David Olusoga is in Newcastle upon Tyne, exploring the history of the house at 5 Ravensworth Terrace, looking at the stories of a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal- the house's earliest residents. | |||||||
6 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Hugo Macgregor | David Olusoga | 15 April 2019 | 2.21 | |
Now looking at the house in the 1880s to the 1900s, David encounters stories of family trauma, a refuge for girls, and séances. | |||||||
7 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Hugo Macgregor | David Olusoga | 22 April 2019 | 2.30 | |
5 Ravensworth Terrace's residents of the early 20th century deal with war, and Irish republican terrorism. | |||||||
8 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Hugo Macgregor | David Olusoga | 29 April 2019 | 2.24 | |
Bringing the story into the present day, David uncovers infidelity and divorce, traces a WWII prisoner to Ravensworth Terrace, and sees the house fall into disrepair before it is restored for the 21st century. |
Series 3 (2020)
The third series takes place in Bristol, investigating the history of 10 Guinea Street,[18] whose inhabitants included the satirist John Shebbeare and the future mayor of Bristol Sir John Kerle Haberfield.
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by [7] | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [17] | |
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9 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Eleanor Scoones | David Olusoga | 26 May 2020 | 4.16 | |
David's journey with 10 Guinea Street, Bristol, begins in the 18th century. The first occupants bring stories of piracy, a foundling, the satirist John Shebbeare, and a runaway slave. | |||||||
10 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Edmund Moriarty | David Olusoga | 2 June 2020 | 3.38 | |
David looks at the house's residents from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, encountering stories of scandal, domestic violence and the asylum. | |||||||
11 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Eleanor Scoones | David Olusoga | 9 June 2020 | 3.07 | |
The mid-19th to mid-20th century sees the residents of 10 Guinea Street explore entrepreneurship, tragedy in World War I, and some shady dealings. | |||||||
12 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Edmund Moriarty | David Olusoga | 16 June 2020 | 2.61 | |
Exploring the house's history from the mid-20th century to the present day, David finds out about the house's links to more war tragedy, identity fraud, and the house's renewal in the 21st century. |
See also
References
- Shennan, Paddy (10 December 2017). "The Liverpool house which will be the star of a new TV series". Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- "David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester". David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Deborah Sugg Ryan – Portsmouth Research Portal". researchportal.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "BBC - A House Through Time series four is coming to BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- Olusoga, David (31 December 2017). "Slave trader's home, slum, des res: the stories of one house raise restless ghosts". Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
- "A House Through Time". www.twentytwenty.tv. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "BBC Two - A House Through Time - Episode guide (see relevant episode(s))". BBC.
- "Weekly Top 30 Programmes (see relevant week(s))". BARB.
- 5 Ravensworth Terrace coordinates: 54.97108°N 1.62707°W
- "Episode 1 — Series 2". A House Through Time. Series 2. Episode 1. 8 April 2019. BBC Television.
- Meechan, Simon (26 September 2018). "A city with 'big ideas' – why House Through Time chose Newcastle". nechronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- Geography, Kay's (20 March 2019). "A House Through Time – Newcastle". Newcastle residential areas. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- Hodgson, Barbara (27 February 2019). "See inside the Newcastle home which stars in A House Through Time". nechronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- "When is the new series of A House Through Time?". Who Do You Think You Are Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- "Lord Mayor joined by BBC presenter for plaque unveiling". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- Historic England. "5, RAVENSWORTH TERRACE, Newcastle upon Tyne (1107928)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "Four Screen Dashboard (see relevant channel and week(s))". BARB.
- Murray, Robin (26 May 2020). "A House Through Time to air on BBC2 tonight — everything you need to know". Bristol Post. Retrieved 26 May 2020.