
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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Air Date: 1999-09-22
We go behind-the scenes to find out how an ordinary terraced house in the shadow of the Millennium Dome was transform...
Air Date: 1999-09-23
In Somerset, the Bowlers indulge in a last supper of junk food before saying goodbye to 1999 and hello to life in 1900
Air Date: 1999-09-30
The Bowlers wake up to their first morning in the 1900 house. There is no water, potties need emptying and the milk h...
Air Date: 1999-10-07
It is a week since the Bowlers began their time travel experience. But no one has had a decent bath. The range cooker...
Air Date: 1999-10-14
After four weeks of the drudgery of a Victorian level of housework, Joyce comes up with a 1900 solution: finding a se...
Air Date: 1999-10-21
A newcomer arrives at the house as Elizabeth, their new "maid of all work' starts domestic service. Scrubbing, washin...
Air Date: 1999-10-28
The arrival of the maid has given Joyce the freedom to investigate the history of the suffragette movement. But the m...
Air Date: 1999-11-04
eriment in living history to investigate how radically our lives have been changed by technology, a modern family swa...
Air Date: 1999-12-28
After three months of living in the past, the Bowlers' Victorian odyssey is coming to an end. Before they leave, they...
Air Date: 1999-12-28
The Bowlers reflect on the highs, lows and unforgettable moments of their three month living-history experiment.