The House the '50s Built
Season 1
4 episodes · Jun 7, 2012
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- S1E1
The Kitchen
Jun 7, 2012This episode focuses on the kitchen, where free-standing cupboards, mangles and larders were replaced by fitted units, twin-tubs and refrigerators - and the all-important food processor.
- S1E2
The Living Room
Jun 14, 2012In this episode engineer Brendan Walker focuses on the living room, which saw the introduction of the television set, wallpaper paste and vinyl emulsion, and the curvy dining chair.
- S1E3
The Bedroom
Jun 21, 2012Brendan Walker explores post-war changes in the bedroom, where key inventions helped the 1950s child to become a teenager.
- S1E4
The Garden
Jun 28, 2012In this episode Brendan Walker ventures outside to explore how inventions and innovations improved people's leisure time in the 1950s.