Season 1

2012-06-07

This 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.

2012-06-14

In 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.

2012-06-21

Brendan Walker explores post-war changes in the bedroom, where key inventions helped the 1950s child to become a teenager.

2012-06-28

In this episode Brendan Walker ventures outside to explore how inventions and innovations improved people's leisure time in the 1950s.