The Victorian House: Where Do Houses Come From?

Record ID: 127102
  • Title: The Victorian House: Where Do Houses Come From?
  • Date: 21st February 1990
  • Summary: PROGRAMME 1 ASKS WHERE HOUSES COME FROM AND FINDS THEY ARE THE PRODUCT OF MANY FORCES - SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL. IT EXAMINES THE HUGE EXTENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF VICTORIAN HOUSE BUILDING AND DISPLAYS THE SOCIETY WHICH PRODUCED THEM. IT ALSO FINDS THAT THE VERYIDEA OF "HOME" IS A VICTORIAN INVENTION - AN ATTEMPT, RARELY ACHIEVED, TO BUILD PLACES OF TRANQUILITY AND ORDER IN A WORLD GONE MAD WITH INDUSTRIALISATION AND URBANISATION.
  • Description:A SYMPATHETIC USER'S GUIDE TO THE VICTORIAN HOUSE
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:TELEKATION INTERNATIONAL LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:21/02/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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