
1970s
A family and their home are stripped of modern technology to live a life of decades past. While recreating the 1970s, they endure a spell without central heating.
A family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past.
The family must live through the digital wilderness of the 1970s at a rate of a year per day, starting in 1970. They have their very own technical support team to source and supply them with the vintage technology that would have been available to British households during the decade.
By modern standards the 1970s are decidedly low-tech and the family face many challenges. They endure a spell without central heating and get to grips with the suburban favourite, the teasmade. They see the effects of 70s industrial unrest on their home when they experience a power cut and home entertainment becomes even more limited when their newly-arrived colour television breaks down.
But it's not all grim - the arrival of chopper bikes, the first video game and a mix-tape expert who shows them how to create the soundtrack for their very own slide show all help to prove that life in the 1970s had its upside too.
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Music Played
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Gary Numan
Are Friends Electric?
Performer: Tubeway Army.![]()
Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
Together In Electric Dreams
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Sister Sledge
We Are Family
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David Bowie
Changes
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Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
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Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer
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Free
All Right Now
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Yusuf Islam
Morning Has Broken
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Rose Royce
Car Wash
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Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Taste of Honey
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The Mixtures
The Pushbike Song
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
- Come Up and See Me.
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Middle of the Road
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
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David Bowie
Starman
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T. Rex
Born to Boogie
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Roxy Music
A Song for Europe
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Cilla Black
Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
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Amii Stewart
Knock On Wood
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Queen
Bicycle Race
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Renaissance
Northern Lights
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The Isley Brothers
Harvest for the World
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Johnny Nash
I Can See Clearly Now
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Tony Evans Orchestra
Black & White Rag
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David Bowie
Sound And Vision
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Kraftwerk
The Model
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Sex Pistols
God Save The Queen
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Gary Numan
Cars
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Bay City Rollers
Summertime Sensation
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Kraftwerk
Autobahn
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Kraftwerk
The Robots
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Stuart Elliot |
| Producer | Cate Hall |
Broadcasts
- Tue 29 Sep 200921:00
- Wed 30 Sep 200900:50
- Wed 30 Sep 200902:40
- Thu 1 Oct 200920:00
- Sun 4 Oct 200921:00
- Sat 10 Oct 200921:00
- Sun 11 Oct 200901:35
- Mon 28 Dec 200920:00
- Tue 29 Dec 200901:20
- Wed 14 Apr 201019:00BBC Two England & Northern Ireland only
- Wed 19 May 201023:30
- Tue 21 Dec 201001:25
- Sun 6 Mar 201121:00
- Mon 7 Mar 201103:15
