Season 1
4 episodes · 2012
1The Kitchen
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.
2The Living Room
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.
3The Bedroom
Brendan Walker explores post-war changes in the bedroom, where key inventions helped the 1950s child to become a teenager.
4The Gardenfinale
In this episode Brendan Walker ventures outside to explore how inventions and innovations improved people's leisure time in the 1950s.