If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home
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If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

Network:BBC Four

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Aired on May 4, 2011, 8:00 PM

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Description

Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four rooms, meeting experts and historians on the way.

Details

Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
April 13, 2011
Ended
May 4, 2011
Schedule
Wednesday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

The Living Room

Lucy Worsley looks at the history of the living room from a medieval great hall, through a Georgian drawing room, to a grand country house and a Victorian parlour.

Apr 13, 2011

60 min

The Bathroom

Lucy Worsley looks at the history of the bathroom, from medieval bath houses to London Bridge's communal loos to finding out how piped water got to our homes.

Apr 20, 2011

60 min

The Bedroom

Lucy Worsley looks at the history of the British bedroom by spending the night in a Tudor farmhouse and experiencing the glamour of the 1930s boudoir.

Apr 27, 2011

60 min

The Kitchen

Lucy Worsley looks at the history of the kitchen by baking bread in a Tudor kitchen, doing a week's Victorian re-cycling and trying out 1950s labour-saving gadgets.

May 4, 2011

60 min

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