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the carpeting revealed checkerboard floor tiles. Several fireplaces were restored to working condition, and the original French doors which led outside to the patio were reinstalled. The producers discovered that the house had incurred bomb damage during World War II, and that the owner of the home had suffered a fatal heart attack putting out a fire caused by a bomb in the backyard garden in 1942. The home's original paint was uncovered, and discovered to be bright blues, pinks, and greens. 1940s-era floral wallpaper was purchased and reinstalled in some areas of the home (including the entryway). The house was decorated in a style typical of the 1930s, which included some used Victorian furniture and a small number of Art Deco pieces. The existing beds were replaced by
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enough to eat and considered leaving the show. Most family members lost weight and believed their health and physical fitness improved. When the Hymers' other daughter, Jodie, visited the set, the experience proved too traumatic and the Hymers resolved not to see anyone from outside the show thereafter. After the show, however, Lyn Hymers became as much of a 1940s enthusiast as her husband, the family bought a car manufactured in 1949, Michael and Lyn Hymers now shop at neighbourhood stores rather than
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Filming began on 15 April 2000, and lasted nine weeks. Unlike other historical reality television shows, the Hymers were not isolated. Their neighbours helped them dig their air-raid shelter, the family visited a retirement home (in costume and in character), and the house was visited by individuals
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that they now serve it as a birthday dish. Lyn Hymers admitted that she suffered from depression after the series ended, overwhelmed by how hard life had been for women in the 1940s. Although the family felt the work was hard, the adults also agreed there was less emotional and intellectual pressure
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in 1932, the producers purchased the house for £187,000 in 1999. The house was in excellent structural condition, and no major renovations had occurred. Restoration included the removal of central heating and radiators, the custom-fitted kitchen cabinets and appliances, and the carpeting. Removal of
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felt the show was "supremely instructive" and was "compelling in spite of its obvious disclosures" because of the large amounts of factual information imparted by the narrator and "war cabinet" throughout the series. The newspaper also felt that real star of the show was Lyn Hymers, who had to cope
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The family was significantly affected by the experience in the 1940s House. Michael and Lyn Hymers' relationship nearly ruptured, as Michael was away at work much of the time and was not aware of how difficult life was for the rest of the family. Kirstie worried that her children were not getting
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More than 300 families auditioned for the show. Michael Hymers is a 1940s enthusiast, which was a factor in getting the family chosen for the show. The producers also felt the Hymers were well-spoken but also argumentative, which would make for good television as well as showcase a 1940s family's
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was an interesting piece of work, but the fatal flaw in its successor is that it is materialistic. The point about the Second World War was that it presented the possibility of violent death to every section of the population at any moment, something that is impossible to replicate artificially.
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Living on Spam or building an Anderson shelter were, surely, the incidental inconveniences of wartime. The real inconvenience was the fear that you could wake up in the middle of the night to find that your bed had been set on fire by a man passing overhead in an aeroplane. It seems to me that
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from schoolmates. Lyn Hymers attempted to trade some of the show's authentic 1940s props to the neighbours for cigarettes. At another point, the family members refused to slaughter rabbits for food, and the producers had to provide them with dressed rabbit carcasses instead.
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called the show "classy stuff" and concluded that the series' locale (a relatively modern home) made it more attractive to viewers than similar shows set in woods or on the plains. Several reviewers pointed out that the fact-based nature of the show was impressive, with
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PBS aired the series in the U.S. between 4 November and 2 December 2002, which reviewers and members of the Hymers family felt reduced American viewership. The series also screened in Australia on ABC Television in 2002, airing several months before its predecessor,
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The 1940s House was inhabited by the Hymers family: Father Michael; mother Lyn; daughter Kirstie (age 29 when the series was produced); and Kirstie's sons Ben (age 10) and Thomas (age 7). The family applied to be on the series after reading an ad in
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who worked in government or the military during the Blitz. Nonetheless, Lyn Hymers later said in an interview that the family did feel isolated, and never got the sense of community spirit that people living in the 1940s would have felt.
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Episode 4: The Beginning of the End (18 January 2001) - The 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
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is one in a line of "time capsule" reality television series to air on Channel 4. Others in the genre with a similar format from the same production company include (in order of their airing in the UK):
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noted: "The relationship of The 1940s House with the present-day is much more complicated. Though never overtly editorial, the series inevitably becomes a critique of modern materialism and complacency."
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A special section was established in the rear of a local delicatessen where the family could shop for 1940s-era food, but which also suffered from "wartime rationing" to mimic real conditions.
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replicates wartime living the way a Formula One computer game replicates being Michael Schumacher: you get everything except the downside risk, which is at the very centre of the experience."
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was a similar ratings hit in Australia. A very large 53 per cent of professional, managerial, and skilled workers (the ABC Television network's key social demographic) watched the series.
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house, originally built in 1932 by Bradfield Bros & Murphy, was retrofitted to reflect the technology and fashions of a middle-class English home of the late 1930s. It is a
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Episode 2: Into the Unknown (4 January 2001) - Michael Hymers leaves the house for three weeks for work-related reasons, and the family confronts additional rationing.
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Episode 1: The Home Front (2 January 2001) - The series is introduced, the family moves in, war breaks out, and food rationing is confronted for the first time.
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hardcover best-seller list. An activity book for children also accompanied the series. A replica of the 1940s House was displayed at the
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said "the series gives an extraordinary insight into life as it was lived by the majority of the population during World War Two." The
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version in 2007. The VHS was released in the US on 3 December 2002, and the DVD was issued on 5 August 2003 by PBS Direct.
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Episode 5: The Homecoming (25 January 2001) - Six months later, the Hymers reflect on their time in 1940s House.
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Worthington, Simon. "Wanted: Spirited Family to Live Through the Blitz (Rations to be Set by War Cabinet)."
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with an absent husband and do most of the work. Reviewers often pointed out the show's subtle indictment of
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Lia Kramer, who had helped create The 1900 House, identified the property and oversaw its restoration. The
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The 1940s House was put on the market for £212,000 and sold to a private owner after production wrapped.
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declaring it "a great way to mix the facts of history with the voyeurism of reality programming". The
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was originally conceived with only four episodes. The concept of the show was different from that of
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in 2001 about a modern family that tries to live as a typical middle-class family in London during
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Stonehouse, Cheryl. "After Life In the 1940s House, It Is Difficult to Let Go of the Past."
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The family had to act like a typical family of the time, which included the sewing of
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completely, their experiences without them in the 1940s House led them to prefer
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Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies
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Heavens, Al. "Re-Creating How Britain's Middle Class Survived in the 1940s."
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provided hot water, and there was no telephone or refrigerator. Sold for 875
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Deans, Jason. "Channel 4 Goes 'Upstairs, Downstairs' With Edwardian House."
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led Channel 4 to revisit the idea of taking a family back in time again.
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Edwards, Charlotte. "TV Choice: Life's A Bit Tough On the Home Front."
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was nominated for a Huw Weldon Award for Specialist Factual at the 2002
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or their own made-up games now. The family developed such a taste for
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Kadar, Marlene; Warley, Linda; Perreault, Jeanne; and Egan, Susanna.
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Poole, Oliver. "TV Family Finds Living in Forties Simply Fulfilling."
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Episode 3: Women at War (11 January 2001) - Lyn and Kirstie join the
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British Historical Cinema: The History, Heritage and Costume Film.
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We Can Take It!: Britain and the Memory of the Second World War.
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Brown, Lindsay. "'1940s House' Well Worth the Time Travel."
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was a ratings success, prompting Channel 4 to begin work on
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Bignell, Jonathan; Orlebar, Jeremy; and Holland, Patricia.
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Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005.
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Sturgis, Matthew. "Number 17: The Unsung Hero of the War."
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Pattinson, Georgina. "Hitching A Ride On The Home Front."
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Levesque, John. "Family Shows War Is Tough At Home, Too."
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Bunbury, Stephanie and Heinrich, Karen. "Retro Reality."
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Jardine, Cassandra. "Oh, What An Interesting War..."
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Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television.
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Not all reviews, however, were positive. Writing in
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in New Zealand. The series was narrated in the UK by
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Owen, Rob. "A Trip Back in Time: 'The 1940s House'."
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Historical reenactment
reality television
United Kingdom
Alex Graham
Channel 4
historical reenactment
reality television
Wall to Wall
Channel 4
The Blitz
World War II
PBS
ABC Television
TVNZ
Geoffrey Palmer
The 1900 House
West Wickham
Kent
Greater London
art director
Tudorbethan
gable
semi-detached
boiler
coke
pounds
iron bedsteads
Belfast sink
victory garden

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