A House Through Time

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| genre = Documentary

| presenter = David Olusoga

| composer = Paul Honey

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 5

| num_episodes = 20

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| executive_producer = Maxine Watson

| producer = Mary Crisp

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Liverpool (series 1)
Newcastle upon Tyne (series 2)
Bristol (series 3)
Leeds (series 4)
London and Berlin (series 5)

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| company = Twenty Twenty

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| network = BBC Two

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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, a third in 2020, and a fourth in 2021, with each examining the history of a single residential building in an English city. A fifth series, in 2024, features apartment blocks in London and Berlin.

The programme is presented by David Olusoga, who is Professor of Public History at Manchester University.{{Cite web |url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/david-olusoga-obe/ |title=David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester |website=David Olusoga OBE becomes Professor at The University of Manchester |access-date=27 March 2019}} The series consultant is design historian Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan, of the University of Portsmouth, who also appears in each episode.{{cite web |url=https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/deborah-sugg-ryan(ab602a64-2747-4c0f-b12e-baf291b07769).html |title=Deborah Sugg Ryan – Portsmouth Research Portal |website=researchportal.port.ac.uk |access-date=10 April 2018}}

Episodes

{{Series overview

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| episodes1 = 4

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| end1 = {{End date|df=yes|2018|01|25}}

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| episodes3 = 4

| start3 = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|05|26}}

| end3 = {{End date|df=yes|2020|06|16}}

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| link4 = #Series 4 (2021)

| episodes4 = 4

| start4 = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|09|07}}

| end4 = 28 September 2021

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=Series 1 (2018)=

File:62 Falkner Street.jpg

The first series features the house at 62 Falkner Street{{efn| 62 Falkner Street, Liverpool:{{Coord|53.39940|-2.96685|region:GB_type:landmark |name=62 Falkner Street, Liverpool}} }} in the Canning area of Liverpool.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/31/domestic-stories-restless-ghosts-a-house-through-time-david-olusoga-social-history|title=Slave trader's home, slum, des res: the stories of one house raise restless ghosts|first=David|last=Olusoga|newspaper=The Observer |date=31 December 2017|access-date=4 January 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-house-star-new-tv-14016228|title=The Liverpool house which will be the star of a new TV series|first=Paddy|last=Shennan|date=10 December 2017|access-date=4 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.twentytwenty.tv/program/a-house-through-time_1697.aspx|title=A House Through Time|website=www.twentytwenty.tv|access-date=10 April 2018}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Paul Tilzey

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|01|04}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 3.13

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Stuart Elliott

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|01|11}}

|ShortSummary = David looks at the trials and tribulations of 62 Falkner Street's residents from the 1850s through to the 1890s.

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|Viewers = 2.44

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Stuart Elliott

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|1|18}}

|ShortSummary = David uncovers the lives of the house's residents from 1891 to 1945, covering World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression.

|LineColor = #4FA8FF

|Viewers = 2.44

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Paul Tilzey

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|1|25}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 2.47

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=Series 2 (2019)=

File:The House Through Time, Newcastle - geograph.org.uk - 6321810.jpg

Series two featured 5 Ravensworth Terrace,{{efn|5 Ravensworth Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: {{Coord|54.971133|-1.627024 |region:GB_type:landmark |name=5 Ravensworth Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne}}}} a Georgian-era terraced house in the Summerhill area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and began broadcast on BBC Two on 8 April 2019.{{Cite episode |title=Episode 1 — Series 2 |series=A House Through Time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00041qb/a-house-through-time-series-2-episode-1 |network=BBC Television |date=8 April 2019 |series-no=2 |number=1 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/house-time-newcastle-olusoga-newcastle-15203452|title=A city with 'big ideas' – why House Through Time chose Newcastle|last=Meechan|first=Simon|date=26 September 2018|website=nechronicle|access-date=20 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://newcastleareas.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/a-house-through-time-newcastle/|title=A House Through Time – Newcastle|last=Geography|first=Kay's|date=20 March 2019|website=Newcastle residential areas|language=en|access-date=20 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/see-inside-newcastle-home-starring-15895076|title=See inside the Newcastle home which stars in A House Through Time|last=Hodgson|first=Barbara|date=27 February 2019|website=nechronicle|access-date=20 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/when-new-series-house-through-time|title=When is the new series of A House Through Time? |work=Who Do You Think You Are Magazine |access-date=20 March 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/news/lord-mayor-joined-bbc-presenter-plaque-unveiling|title=Lord Mayor joined by BBC presenter for plaque unveiling|publisher=Newcastle City Council|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410175418/https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/news/lord-mayor-joined-bbc-presenter-plaque-unveiling|url-status=dead}} The house has been Grade II listed since June 1976.{{NHLE |desc=5, RAVENSWORTH TERRACE, Newcastle upon Tyne |num=1107928 |accessdate=9 April 2019}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Nicola Seare

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|04|08}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 2.40

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Hugo Macgregor

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|04|15}}

|ShortSummary = Now looking at the house in the 1880s to the 1900s, David encounters stories of family trauma, a refuge for girls, and séances.

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|Viewers = 2.21

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Nicola Seare

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|04|22}}

|ShortSummary = 5 Ravensworth Terrace's residents of the early 20th century deal with war, and Irish republican terrorism.

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|Viewers = 2.30

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Hugo Macgregor

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2019|04|29}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 2.24

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=Series 3 (2020)=

File:Houses of Bristol (40) - geograph.org.uk - 6470250.jpg

The third series takes place in Bristol, investigating the history of 10 Guinea Street,{{efn|10 Guinea Street, Bristol: {{Coord|51.4472|-2.59212 |region:GB_type:landmark |name=10 Guinea Street, Bristol}} }}{{cite web | last=Murray | first=Robin | title=A House Through Time to air on BBC2 tonight — everything you need to know | website=Bristol Post| date=26 May 2020 | url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/house-through-time-air-bbc2-4164823 | access-date=26 May 2020}} whose inhabitants included the satirist John Shebbeare and the future mayor of Bristol Sir John Kerle Haberfield. The house has been Grade II* listed since December 1994.{{NHLE|desc=Number 10 and Attached Front Area Railings |num=1279683|access-date=3 October 2021}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Eleanor Scoones

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|05|26}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 4.16

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Edmund Moriarty

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|06|02}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 3.38

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Episode 3

|DirectedBy = Eleanor Scoones

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|06|09}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 3.07

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Edmund Moriarty

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|06|16}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|Viewers = 2.61

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=Series 4 (2021)=

The fourth series takes place at 5 Grosvenor Mount,{{efn|5 Grosvenor Mount, Leeds: {{Coord|53.817659|-1.562932|region:GB_type:landmark|name=5 Grosvenor Mount, Leeds}} }} in the Headingley area of Leeds.{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/a-house-through-time-in-leeds-meet-the-owners-of-the-intriguing-headingley-property-featured-in-the-new-series-3371270|title=A House Through Time in Leeds: Meet the owners of the intriguing Headingley property featured in the new series|last=Newton|first=Grace|date=6 September 2021|website=Yorkshire Post}} With the other two houses in its terrace, it has been Grade II listed since August 1976.{{NHLE|desc=1, 3 and 5 Grosvenor Mount|num=1256182|access-date=3 October 2021}}

File:1,3 & 5 Grosvenor Mount.jpg|1,3 & 5 Grosvenor Mount (number 5 on the right)

File:Our Public Servants by Willson - William Bruce (8a).jpg|The house's first occupant, William Bruce painted by Michael Anthony Hilliard Willson ("Bob") in 1890 or 1891

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Episode 1

|DirectedBy = Nick Tanner

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|09|07}}

|ShortSummary = The house is completed in 1852 and occupied by William Bruce, a solicitor, and his wife Helen. |LineColor = #FF29FF

|Viewers = 2.16

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|EpisodeNumber = 14

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Episode 2

|DirectedBy = Kemi Majekodunmi

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|df=yes|2021|09|14}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 15

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

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|DirectedBy = Edmund Moriarty

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Episode 4

|DirectedBy = Nicola Seare

|WrittenBy = David Olusoga

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= Series 5 (2024) =

Series 5, subtitled Two Cities at War, takes a different approach, comparing and contrasting the lives of the inhabitants of two apartment blocks—Block 2 of Montagu Mansions,{{efn|Montagu Mansions, Marylebone, London: {{Coord|51.519703|-0.157540|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Montagu Mansions, Marylebone, London}} }} an Edwardian building in the Marylebone district of London and 72, {{lang|de|Pfalzburger Strasse|italic=no}}{{efn|72, {{lang|de|Pfalzburger Strasse|italic=no}}: {{Coord|52.496068|13.322448|region:DE_type:landmark|name=72, Pfalzburger Strasse}} }} in {{lang|de|Wilmersdorf|italic=no}}, Berlin—in the years leading up to and during World War II.{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Anita |title=A House Through Time: Two Cities at War, review: fresh, insightful, exemplary history programming |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/10/17/a-house-through-time-two-cities-at-war-bbc-review-olusoga/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=17 October 2024}} Residents in London included the cinema impresario Cecil Bernstein and the poet and conscientious objector Timothy Corsellis, and in Berlin the chef and language teacher, Bonifatius Folli, from Togo, the historian and nazi, Paul Dittel, and Freda Fromm, whose brother Friedrich Fromm was a regular visitor.{{cite web |title=A House Through Time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09l64y9/a-house-through-time?seriesId=m002389l |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 October 2024}}

File:Montagu Mansions, Marylebone - geograph.org.uk - 1879553.jpg|Montagu Mansions, Marylebone

File:Pfalzburger Str 72 (Wilmd) Max Hiller.jpg|Pfalzburger Straße 72 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf

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