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Season 1

  • S01E01 Gregg Wallace

    • February 20, 2017
    • BBC One

    In this episode, Peckham boy Gregg Wallace looks at changes to inner-city housing over the last 75 years, from Victorian terraces and 60s high rises to the million-pound pads of today.

  • S01E02 Alison Steadman

    • February 21, 2017
    • BBC One

    Actor Alison Steadman, who grew up in Liverpool, looks at how suburbia has changed, from grand Georgian town houses and classic 30s semis to the latest luxury developments.

  • S01E03 Colin Jackson

    • February 22, 2017
    • BBC One

    Colin Jackson, who grew up on a Cardiff council estate, looks at the history of UK council housing - from the 20s Homes for Heroes to the right-to-buy scheme in the 1980s.

  • S01E04 Gloria Hunniford

    • February 23, 2017
    • BBC One

    Gloria Hunniford travels to Northern Ireland for a personal look at the history of housing in rural Britain. She visits a Lord and returns to where she brought up her family.

  • S01E05 Nicki Chapman

    • February 24, 2017
    • BBC One

    Nicki Chapman meets the people and planners developing new towns across the UK - from her home town of Herne Bay to garden cities, including the biggest of all, Milton Keynes.