The 1940s House

Season 1

A couple, their daughter and two grandchildren volunteer to spend several weeks living under wartime conditions. That includes all their clothing, including underclothes and nightwear; being constantly pushed to keep up with traditional grooming methods and dealing with severe shortages of all grooming products such as tooth care products, all types of soap and shampoo, shaving supplies for Michael; learning to live with rationing (12 ounces of candy a month, 4 ounces of ham a week, etc.,) and digging up the back yard partly for extra vegetables and partly for an "Anderson" air raid shelter. Several historians and experts formed a War cabinet to direct events, and push the family through 6 years of war in those weeks.

Where to Watch Season 1

5 Episodes

  • The Home Front
    E1
    The Home FrontThe series is introduced, the family moves in, war breaks out, and food rationing is confronted for the first time.
  • 1939-1940: Into the Unknown
    E2
    1939-1940: Into the UnknownMichael Hymers leaves the house for three weeks for work-related reasons, and the family confronts additional rationing.
  • 1941-1943: Women at War
    E3
    1941-1943: Women at WarWomen at War (11 January 2001) - Lyn and Kirstie join the Women's Voluntary Service and work in the war industry.
  • 1944-1945: The Beginning of the End
    E4
    1944-1945: The Beginning of the EndThe family suffers from air-raids, sleep deprivation, and bomb damage before learning that the war is over. They also listen to radio stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
  • The Homecoming
    E5
    The HomecomingSix months later, the Hymers reflect on their time in 1940s House.

Cast of Season 1

  • Ben HymersSelf
  • Kirstie HymersSelf
  • Lyn HymersSelf
  • Michael HymersSelf
  • Thomas HymersSelf
  • Geoffrey PalmerNarrator (voice)
  • Simon ShawProducer

 

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