''A House Through Time'' is a documentary television series made by

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for

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...

. The first series aired in 2018, a second in 2019, a third in 2020, and a fourth in 2021, with each examining the history of a single residential building in an English city. The programme is presented by

David Olusoga David Adetayo Olusoga (born January 1970) is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. He has presented historical documentaries on the BBC and contrib ...

, who studied history at the

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in the early 1990s and is Professor of Public History at

Manchester University , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

. The series consultant is design historian Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan, of the

University of Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England. It is one of only four universities in the South East England, South East of England rated as Gold in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework. With approximately 28 ...

, who also appears in each episode.

Episodes

Series 1 (2018)

The first series features the house at 62

Falkner Street Falkner Street is a street mostly in Canning, with a short section in Edge Hill, Liverpool, England. The street, built during the early-mid 19th century, is named after Edward Falkner, who had previously commissioned the construction Falkner S ...

in the

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area of

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Series 2 (2019)

Series two featured 5 Ravensworth Terrace, a

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-era

terraced house In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house ( UK) or townhouse ( US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings share side walls. In the United State ...

in the Summerhill area of

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

and began broadcast on BBC Two on 8 April 2019. As a result of research conducted for the programme, a

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was unveiled there, commemorating a former resident (1841–1857), the naturalist

Joshua Alder Joshua Alder (7 April 1792 – 21 January 1867) was a British cheese, cheesemonger and amateur zoologist and malacologist. As such, he specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods. He was a member of the Hancock Museum, Natural History Societ ...

, on 26 September 2018 by Olusoga and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, David Down. The house has been

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since June 1976.

Series 3 (2020)

The third series takes place in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, investigating the history of 10 Guinea Street, whose inhabitants included the satirist John Shebbeare and the future

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Sir John Kerle Haberfield. The house has been

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since December 1994.

Series 4 (2021)

The fourth series takes place at 5 Grosvenor Mount, in the

Headingley Headingley is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road. Headingley is the location of the Beckett Park campus of Leeds Beckett University and Headingle ...

area of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

. With the other two houses in its terrace, it has been

since August 1976. File:1,3 & 5 Grosvenor Mount.jpg, 1,3 & 5 Grosvenor Mount (number 5 on the right) File:Our Public Servants by Willson - William Bruce (8a).jpg, The house's first occupant, William Bruce painted by Michael Anthony Hilliard Willson ("Bob") in 1890 or 1891

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