The 1940s House

2001 - 2001

The Home Front

2nd January 2001

Episode 1

The series is introduced, the family moves in, war breaks out, and food rationing is confronted for the first time.

1939-1940: Into the Unknown

4th January 2001

Episode 2

Michael Hymers leaves the house for three weeks for work-related reasons, and the family confronts additional rationing.

1941-1943: Women at War

11th January 2001

Episode 3

Women at War (11 January 2001) - Lyn and Kirstie join the Women's Voluntary Service and work in the war industry.

1944-1945: The Beginning of the End

18th January 2001

Episode 4

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 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

The Homecoming

25th January 2001

Episode 5

Six months later, the Hymers reflect on their time in 1940s House.

Top Cast

Ben Hymers•Kirstie Hymers•Lyn Hymers

The 1940s House is a British historical reality television programme made by Wall to Wall/Channel 4 in 2001 about a modern family that tries to the live as a typical middle-class family in London during The Blitz of World War II. It was shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 2001, and in 2002 on PBS in the United States and ABC Television in Australia. It also aired on TVNZ in New Zealand. The series was narrated in the UK by Geoffrey Palmer.

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Ben Hymers

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Kirstie Hymers

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Lyn Hymers

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Michael Hymers

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Thomas Hymers

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Geoffrey Palmer

Narrator (voice)

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Alex Graham

Executive Producer

Simon Shaw

Producer

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