A House Through Time

A House Through Time is a documentary television series made by Twenty Twenty Television for BBC Two. The first series aired in 2018, a second in 2019 and a third in 2020, with each examining the history of a single residential building.

A House Through Time
GenreDocumentary
Presented byDavid Olusoga
Composer(s)Paul Honey
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series3
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producer(s)Maxine Watson
Producer(s)Mary Crisp
Production location(s)Liverpool (series 1)
Newcastle upon Tyne (series 2)
Bristol (series 3)
Production company(s)Twenty Twenty
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Picture format1080i HDTV
Original release4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
External links
Website

The programme is presented by David Olusoga, who studied history at the University of Liverpool in the early 1990s and is Professor of Public History at Manchester University.[1][2] The series consultant is design historian Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan, of the University of Portsmouth, who also appears in each episode.[3]

A fourth series, set in Leeds, has been commissioned for broadcast in 2021.[4]

Premise

Series 1
62 Falkner Street, 2018

Broadcast in 2018, the four-part first series features the house at 62 Falkner Street, Canning, Liverpool, England.[5][1][6]

Series 2

Series two features 5 Ravensworth Terrace,[7] a Georgian-era terraced house in the Summerhill area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and began broadcast on BBC Two on 8 April 2019.[8][9][10][11][12] As a result of research conducted for the programme, a plaque was unveiled there, commemorating a former resident (1841–1857), the naturalist Joshua Alder, on 26 September 2018 by Olusoga and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, David Down.[13] The house has been Grade II listed since June 1976.[14]

Series 3

Series three began on 26 May 2020, and four episodes were broadcast. The third series takes place in Bristol, investigating the history of 10 Guinea Street,[15] whose inhabitants included the satirist John Shebbeare and the future mayor of Bristol Sir John Kerle Haberfield.

Episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
144 January 2018 (2018-01-04)25 January 2018 (2018-01-25)
248 April 2019 (2019-04-08)29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)
3426 May 2020 (2020-05-26)16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)

Series 1 (2018)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected by [16]Written byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [17]
11"Episode 1"Paul TilzeyDavid Olusoga4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)3.13
David Olusoga visits the house at 62 Falkner Street for the first time, and explores the stories of its first inhabitants, who lived there in 1840s and 1850s.
22"Episode 2"Paul TilzeyDavid Olusoga11 January 2018 (2018-01-11)2.44
David looks at the trials and tribulations of 62 Falkner Street's residents from the 1850s through to the 1890s.
33"Episode 3"Stuart ElliottDavid Olusoga18 January 2018 (2018-01-18)2.44
David uncovers the lives of the house's residents from 1891 to 1945, covering World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression.
44"Episode 4"Paul TilzeyDavid Olusoga25 January 2018 (2018-01-25)2.47
David finally covers the house's residents from 1945 to the present day, and reveals the programme's findings to the house's present occupant.

Series 2 (2019)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected by [16]Written byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [18]
15"Episode 1"Nicola SeareDavid Olusoga8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)2.40
David Olusoga is in Newcastle upon Tyne, exploring the history of the house at 5 Ravensworth Terrace, looking at the stories of a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal- the house's earliest residents.
26"Episode 2"Hugo MacgregorDavid Olusoga15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)2.21
Now looking at the house in the 1880s to the 1900s, David encounters stories of family trauma, a refuge for girls, and séances.
37"Episode 3"Hugo MacgregorDavid Olusoga22 April 2019 (2019-04-22)2.30
5 Ravensworth Terrace's residents of the early 20th century deal with war, and Irish republican terrorism.
48"Episode 4"Hugo MacgregorDavid Olusoga29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)2.24
Bringing the story into the present day, David uncovers infidelity and divorce, traces a WWII prisoner to Ravensworth Terrace, and sees the house fall into disrepair before it is restored for the 21st century.

Series 3 (2020)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected by [16]Written byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [18]
19"Episode 1"Eleanor ScoonesDavid Olusoga26 May 2020 (2020-05-26)N/A
David's journey with 10 Guinea Street, Bristol, begins in the 18th century. The first occupants bring stories of piracy, a foundling, the satirist John Shebbeare, and a runaway slave.
210"Episode 2"Edmund MoriartyDavid Olusoga2 June 2020 (2020-06-02)TBD
David looks at the house's residents from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, encountering stories of scandal, domestic violence and the asylum.
311"Episode 3"Eleanor ScoonesDavid Olusoga9 June 2020 (2020-06-09)TBD
The mid-19th to mid-20th century sees the residents of 10 Guinea Street explore entrepreneurship, tragedy in World War I, and some shady dealings.
412"Episode 4"Edmund MoriartyDavid Olusoga16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)TBD
Exploring the house's history from the mid-20th century to the present day, David finds out about the house's links to more war tragedy, identity fraud, and the house's renewal in the 21st century.

See also

References
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  2. "David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester". David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "Deborah Sugg Ryan – Portsmouth Research Portal". researchportal.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. "BBC - A House Through Time series four is coming to BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. Olusoga, David (31 December 2017). "Slave trader's home, slum, des res: the stories of one house raise restless ghosts". Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. "A House Through Time". www.twentytwenty.tv. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. 5 Ravensworth Terrace coordinates: 54.97108°N 1.62707°W / 54.97108; -1.62707 (5 Ravensworth Terrace)
  8. "Episode 1 — Series 2". A House Through Time. Series 2. Episode 1. 8 April 2019. BBC Television.
  9. Meechan, Simon (26 September 2018). "A city with 'big ideas' – why House Through Time chose Newcastle". nechronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  10. Geography, Kay's (20 March 2019). "A House Through Time – Newcastle". Newcastle residential areas. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. Hodgson, Barbara (27 February 2019). "See inside the Newcastle home which stars in A House Through Time". nechronicle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  12. "When is the new series of A House Through Time?". Who Do You Think You Are Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  13. "Lord Mayor joined by BBC presenter for plaque unveiling". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  14. Historic England. "5, RAVENSWORTH TERRACE, Newcastle upon Tyne (1107928)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  15. Murray, Robin (26 May 2020). "A House Through Time to air on BBC2 tonight — everything you need to know". Bristol Post. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. "BBC Two - A House Through Time - Episode guide (see relevant episode(s))". BBC.
  17. "Weekly Top 30 Programmes (see relevant week(s))". BARB.
  18. "Four Screen Dashboard (see relevant channel and week(s))". BARB.
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