What is A House Through Time: Two Cities at War?
A House Through Time: Two Cities at War is the latest spinoff of the popular BBC Two house history series A House Through Time. This time, instead of tracing the history of one house through time, presenter David Olusoga will look at the stories behind two apartment blocks, one in London and one in Berlin. The series will cover history from the 1920s to the 1940s, as Britain and Germany go to war with each other.
When is A House Through Time: Two Cities at War on TV?
The first episode of A House Through Time: Two Cities at War will be broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm on Thursday 17 October 2024. There will be four episodes altogether, broadcast on the following Thursdays.
What is A House Through Time: Two Cities at War about?
A House Through Time: Two Cities at War will look at two apartment buildings, Montagu Mansions in Marylebone and 72 Pfalzburger Strasse in Wilmersdorf.
The BBC’s press release says: “Using painstaking detective work, David hunts down records for the diverse residents of two buildings in two great cities. The cast of characters includes a soldier, an artist, a Nazi teacher, an African academic, a Jewish refugee, an Italian waiter, a poet, a prisoner of war, a woman spy, and an SS officer.
“Europe is at a crossroads and these ordinary people face extraordinary choices: to stay or to go, to speak out or stay quiet, to go to war or fight for peace. Told through their personal experiences, this is the story of the winners and the losers, the persecutors and the persecuted, those who survive and those who don’t.”
What is A House Through Time?
A House Through Time is a documentary television series made for BBC Two and presented by historian David Olusoga. The popular house history series started in 2018 with a deceptively simple idea – David Olusoga traces the history of a single house, uncovering the lives of the people who lived there throughout centuries of British history. The series consultant is design historian Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan.
There have been four series of A House Through Time altogether, featuring houses in Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol and Leeds. They were broadcast between 2018 and 2021.
Who presents A House Through Time?
A House Through Time is presented by Professor David Olusoga OBE, a historian, writer and broadcaster. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester and is the author of books including Black and British: A Forgotten History and A House Through Time (cowritten with Melanie Back-Hansen).
Where can I watch A House Through Time?
While you’re waiting for A House Through Time: Two Cities at War, series four is currently available on BBC iPlayer. Series four explored the history of a Victorian house in the Headingley area of Leeds, 5 Grosvenor Mount. Over the course of four episodes the series explores the house’s inhabitants from a master builder to Edwardian pacifists, a soldier traumatised by the First World War, journalists and students.