Documentary
TV Show
The House the 50s Built
2012-06-07Ended1 seasons4 episodes~60 minUnited KingdomEnglishChannel 4
The science behind inventions that changed the way people lived in the 1950s, transforming drab, black-and-white post-war Britain into a Technicolor world of the future. Engineer Brendan Walker reconstructs a house, demonstrating how each innovation for the home contributed to social change in the wider world.