Back in Time for the Weekend – Series 1 – Episode 1

admin | February 2, 2016 | Back in time for the weekend, BBC Two, Documentaries | No Comments

Catch up with the most recent episode of Back in Time for the Weekend. From Tuesday, 02 February 2016 at 8pm on BBC Two. Available to watch free, online here on BBC iPlayer.

The Ashby-Hawkins family give up their 21st century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950. Guided by presenter Giles Coren and social historian Polly Russell, the family’s experience is underpinned by The Family Expenditure Survey, a government study which ran from the 1950s through to 1999.

In each episode, the family have to come to terms with all the washing, cooking and cleaning expected of a time long forgotten.