The 1900 House
| The 1900 House | |
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| Genre | Historical reality television |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (UK) 5 (U.S.) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 min. (ep. 1, UK) 24 min. (eps. 2–9, UK) 77 min. (ep. 10, UK) 60 min. (U.S.) |
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| Original network |
Channel 4 PBS |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 28 December 1999 – 3 July 2000 |
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| Website | |
The 1900 House is a historical reality television programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 1999. In the show, a modern family tries to live in the way of the late Victorians in 1900 for three months in a modified house. It was shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and PBS in America (with American commentary).
The series was accompanied by a book titled 1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family by Mark McCrum and Matthew Sturgis. It won a Peabody Award in 2000 for being "an often humorous, always perceptive, series about the realities of life in 1900 that reveals themes of perseverance, human adaptation and family dynamics."
The 1900 House in question is 50 Elliscombe Road, Charlton, South-East London (51°28′57″N 0°01′57″E / 51.482475°N 0.032394°E). An 1890s-built two-storey terraced house with a drawing room, a dining room, a kitchen, a scullery, a bathroom, three bedrooms (there were actually four, but one was used as a safety room with a telephone) and an outside loo. To make it the 1900 house, all modern elements were removed, including electricity, insulation, indoor toilet, and central heating. Period fixtures such as a 'copper' (a large pot used for heating washing clothes over a fire), cast-iron oven and fireplaces were installed.
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