Summaries

Reality show. A couple, their daughter and two grandchildren volunteer to spend several weeks living under wartime conditions. That includes all their clothing, including underclothes and nightwear; being constantly pushed to keep up with traditional grooming methods and dealing with severe shortages of all grooming products such as tooth care products, all types of soap and shampoo, shaving supplies for Michael; learning to live with rationing (12 ounces of candy a month, 4 ounces of ham a week, etc.,) and digging up the back yard partly for extra vegetables and partly for an "Anderson" air raid shelter. Several historians and "experts" formed a War cabinet to direct events, and push the family through 6 years of war in those weeks.—garryq

Details

Keywords
  • 1940s
  • house
  • 20th century
  • year in title
  • social experiment
Genres
  • Family
  • Documentary
Release date Jan 1, 2001
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations West Wickham, Kent, England, UK
Production companies Wall to Wall Television Channel 4 Television Corporation

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Tech specs

Runtime 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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