The High Street

A group of shop-keeping families are transported back to the birth of the high street in the 1870s, and propelled through a century of change, right up to the modern era and the 1970s.

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   1. Victorian

   2010-11-02 · 60m

   A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, when the high street was born.

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   2. Edwardian

   2010-11-09 · 60m

   The shopkeepers move on to the Edwardian era, where they are joined by a dressmaker.

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   3. 1930s

   2010-11-16 · 60m

   The shopkeepers move into the 1930s, where nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers.

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   4. World War Two

   2010-11-23 · 60m

   The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two.

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   5. 1960s

   2010-11-30 · 60m

   The shopkeepers and their customers move into the swinging sixties.

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   6. 1970s

   2010-12-07 · 60m

   It's the end of the journey for the shopkeepers and their customers head to the 1970s.