A married couple,
their daughter and her two boys agree to spend 9 weeks living under the
conditions of WWII in Britain.
Michael and Lyn along with Kirstie, Ben and Thomas will be under the
same roof in the 40s house. They
are moving into a home that has been renovated to be just like a home of this
time period. They will wear the
clothing, have the hairstyles and live with rationing. Tending a garden will be essential and
they will need to build an Anderson air raid shelter. Several historians and experts formed a War cabinet working behind
the scenes to direct events. The
family will theoretically live through 6 years of war in the 9-week time
period.
Everything the family
is used is turned upside down. Life
was very difficult in the wartime period.
Rationing and the bombings were especially hard. Shampoo, bath soap, cleaning powders
and detergent were in short supply.
Later, there weren’t any cigarettes. There could be monetary fines for not adhering to the
blackout codes. The use of energy
resources and water was carefully monitored and excess use caused a fine. There are no time saving devices and
there was a time the family lived without water and heat. Michael was sent away for a period to
work in a factory. Volunteering for
Lyn and Kirstie was necessary and later Kirstie went to work in an airplane
factory. Lyn was left to do all
the housework, shopping and taking care of the boys before and after school. 4* (I really liked this movie)
225
min, Reality-TV with Geoffrey Palmer, Piers Brendon, Guy de la Bedoyere, Ben,
Kirstie, Lyn, Michael, Thomas Hymers, Susan Jebb, Norman Longmate, Warren
Rushton, Dennis Cornish, Lia Cramer.
I didn’t view this as a TV series but as a DVD with all the
episodes.
Note: Imdb 8.3 out of 10, tv.com 5.9* out of
10* with 22 votes, Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 44 reviews, the moviedb 60% out
of 100 user score.
Special
Note: Filmed in West Wickham,
Kent, England, UK. There is
another TV series liked this one titled The 1900 House of 1999.
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