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Sue Jenkins Jane Hazlegrove Peter Howitt Diana Davies Puneet Sira many others |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Running time | c.20 mins |
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| Original network | Yorkshire Television |
| Picture format | originally black and white; colour from 1975 |
| Original release | 1968 – 2002 |
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How We Used to Live is a British educational historical television drama written by Freda Kelsall and sometimes narrated by Redvers Kyle and John Crosse, both employed as continuity announcers at Yorkshire Television at the time of production. Production began in 1968 at the YTV studios in Leeds. The series traced the lives and fortunes of various fictional Yorkshire families from the Victorian era until the 1960s, in and around the fictional town of Bradley, using self-contained short dramas interspersed with archive footage.
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Series 1: Late Victorians
Original air date: Autumn 1968, Spring 1969 & Summer 1969 (the final three episodes added to the series in Spring & Summer 1973)
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Series 2: 1908-1945
Original air date: Autumn 1975 & Spring 1976
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Series 3: 1874-1887
Original air date: Autumn 1978 & Spring 1979
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Series 4: 1936-1953
Original air date: Autumn 1981 & Spring 1982
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Series 5: 1902-1926
Original air date: Autumn 1984 & Spring 1985
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Series 6: 1954-1970
Original air date: Autumn 1987 & Spring 1988
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Series 7: Victorians: Early and Late
Original air date: Autumn 1990
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From Iron Ways to Victorian Days
Original air date: 1996
Each series was broadcast as part of ITV Schools, on ITV between 1968 and 1987 and then on Channel 4 and S4C. The series would be split into two halves, with the first ten episodes transmitted in the autumn term (usually September – December) with the remainder of the series being shown in the spring term (from the second week of January until late March). The programmes were repeated frequently, enabling new generations of children to learn about modern history.
The series was mainly shown during the main schools schedule, though it was occasionally transmitted at other times. The British Film Institute lists Thora Hird Introduces How We Used to Live for 30 August 1984, describing it as "a documentary on the making of the award-winning schools series". It further says that it was shown late at night on ITV. It would not have gone out in the London area on that date because of a Thames Television strike, but it was shown again on the morning of 2 September. Part of the first series was repeated late at night in its home region of Yorkshire Television in early 1969. Also, the episodes 'Blitz' and 'Victory', first shown in 1976, were repeated on the ITV network on 8 May 1985, the 40th anniversary of VE Day.
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