The House the '50s Built – Season 1
2012
4 Episodes
Episodes
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S01E01
The Kitchen
This episode focuses on the kitchen, where free-standing cupboards, mangles and larders were replaced by fitted units, twin-tubs and refrigerators - and the all-important food processor.
07 Jun 2012
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S01E02
The Living Room
In this episode engineer Brendan Walker focuses on the living room, which saw the introduction of the television set, wallpaper paste and vinyl emulsion, and the curvy dining chair.
14 Jun 2012
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S01E03
The Bedroom
Brendan Walker explores post-war changes in the bedroom, where key inventions helped the 1950s child to become a teenager.
21 Jun 2012
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S01E04
The Garden
In this episode Brendan Walker ventures outside to explore how inventions and innovations improved people's leisure time in the 1950s.
28 Jun 2012