A House Through Time

Name: A House Through Time
Released: 2018-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: David Olusoga

TV Show · Biography · Documentary

Historian and presenter David Olusoga tells the story of Britain from the point of view of a house and its owners and inhabitants over the centuries. He delves into city archives, explores old newspaper reports and meets the living descendants of those who were connected to the house. He encounters scandals and tragedies, explores the rise and fall in the fortunes of the inhabitants, and looks at how the city and society around the house changed. Each season tells the story of a different house.

2018 · 59m

Starring David Olusoga

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

David discovers the house's first resident, Victorian lawyer William Bruce, who tries and fails to save the life of a man convicted to hang for murder. Decades later, Bruce is serving as a Leeds magistrate when a similar case comes before him.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Digging into the affairs of the house's next resident, Benjamin Wild, David discovers a factory owner with a history of questionable business dealings, including an employee mangled to death on the factory floor.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

By 1913, Number 5 is home to respectable couple Frederick and Louisa Pryce Lewis. From a clue in the family photo album, David follows the trail of the Lewis's younger son Walter, tracking him from Australia to the battlefields of Gallipoli.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

At the outbreak of the Second World War the house is home to the Wood family. While father John serves as an ARP warden, teenage son Geoffrey joins the Merchant Navy and finds his ship is a target for German U-boats.
EPISODE 1

Two Cities at War

David meets the residents of two apartment blocks in London and Berlin. From the ashes of World War I, the Nazi Party emerges, putting some of the families in terrible danger.
EPISODE 2

Two Cities at War

By 1936, the ruling Nazi Party is transforming the lives of the residents in the Berlin building. One new resident, academic Paul Dittel, has returned to Germany to join the SS, the elite political soldiers of the Nazi Party.

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David Olusoga

Host
Mary Crisp

Producer
Maxine Watson

Producer

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