Turn Back Time
2010–2012 · BBC One · 60 min · 2 seasons
S02E05 · 1970s
Wed, 25 July, 6:00 am
Daily life in the 70s is turned upside down by strikes, power cuts and women's liberation.
About
Modern families experience life in previous eras.
In the first series - "The High Street" - a group of shop-keeping families are transported back to the birth of the high street in the 1870s, and propelled through a century of change, right up to the modern era and the 1970s.
In the second - "The Family" - three families explore what it means to be a mother, father and child in British society today and throughout 100 years of change, as they experience life across five eras of British life.
Episodes
- E01
Edwardian Era
Wed, 27 June· 60 minThree families experience life across five different eras of British history. The Taylors, Meadows and Goldings try to live as Edwardian families across different social classes.
- E02
1920s and 1930s
Wed, 4 July· 60 minThree families experience family life during the Interwar years. They experience the highs of the "roaring twenties", followed by the lows of the Great Depression.
- E03
The Home Front
Wed, 11 July· 60 minThe three families experience family life on the home front during World War II. They must pull together to survive and do their bit for the war effort.
- E04
1960s
Wed, 18 July· 60 minThe street is introduced to a new family, and the Taylors leave the high life behind.
- E05
1970s
Wed, 25 July· 60 minDaily life in the 70s is turned upside down by strikes, power cuts and women's liberation.
Cast
Hugh Bonneville
Narrator
Joe Crowley
Presenter
Susanna Reid
Presenter