A House Through Time
A House Through Time is a TV show on BBC2. A world of history within the walls of one house. David Olusoga brings the past to life, delving deep into the lost lives of everyday Britons - under the same roof, decades apart. The program has been available since 2026. A total of 7 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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A House Through Time
In the Victorian era, the residents of the house on Calton Hill include a maker of expensive shoes whose customers won’t pay, a world-famous bagpipe maker and a notorious brothel keeper.
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At the start of the 20th century, the new residents of Calton Hill find themselves wrapped up in bigamy and brutality.
The house's first residents are an 18th-century church minister who helps French prisoners escape from Edinburgh Castle, a post office worker turned spy and a world-famous sculptor.
January 2026
One Berlin resident falls under suspicion when a plot to kill Hitler is exposed. In London, one woman waits patiently for news when her husband is captured by the Japanese.
A young poet takes to the skies as bombs rain down on London. In Berlin, one family attempts to flee the country as the persecution of Jewish people intensifies.
In Berlin, an SS officer arrives in the building, and another resident sees the Nazis arrest her new husband. War throws the lives of two London residents into turmoil.
David meets the residents of two apartment blocks in London and Berlin. From the ashes of World War I, the Nazi Party emerges, putting some of the families in terrible danger.