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Season 1 – Back in Time for School

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Pupils and three teachers discover how much life at school has changed over the past 100 years.

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Chitra Ramaswamy Guardian 03/07/2019
4/5
As ever, it's the young people who restore the faith. Go to Full Review Michael Hogan Daily Telegraph (UK) 01/07/2019
3/5
This glorified reality show wasn't terribly enlightening, but the sheer likeability of the participants made for an engaging pop-historical romp which was tastier than tapioca, more beneficial than brimstone. Go to Full Review David Sexton London Evening Standard 01/07/2019
Back In Time For now seems a peculiarly antiquated form of programme-making, itself a historical curiosity more than a going concern. Go to Full Review Jane Rackham Radio Times 03/07/2019
As well as sharing their favourite memories with presenter Sara Cox and social historian Polly Russell (what's the betting that school dinners will feature but cross-country runs won't?), they also explore what the education of the future might be like. Go to Full Review Victoria Segal Sunday Times (UK) 01/07/2019
It was a reminder that progress isn't nice and linear, that things can go backwards as well as forwards. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Sara Cox

Host

Polly Russell

Host

Laura Ellings

Director

Morgana Pugh

Producer

Rebecca Whyte

Director

Christina Nutter

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 3, 2019 The smell of coal burners wafts down the corridor, and a portrait of Queen Victoria hangs proudly in the school hall as the class discovers what it was like for the lucky four percent of children able to attend school in the Victorian era. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 10, 2019 The time-traveling pupils and teachers return to their school and enter the interwar years of 1918 to 1939 in which students have lessons in Esperanto and the teacher struggles to master the gramophone. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 17, 2019 Deportment, debate and even dancing are on the menu in the post-war era of rock 'n' roll. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 24, 2019 The class enters the 1960s with lessons separated into subjects deemed suitable for each gender, including an introduction to typewriting for the girls and bricklaying for the boys. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 7, 2019 The pupils and teachers arrive in the 1970s at a comprehensive school where the boys and girls are finally mixed with lessons about commerce and air travel. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 14, 2019 The pupils and teachers arrive in the 1980s, where discipline, rules and uniformity return. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 21, 2019 The pupils and teachers arrive in the 1990s, embracing girl power, Brit pop, Oasis and Blur. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 28, 2019 The pupils and teachers return to school for their very own reunion party. Details

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Back in Time for School — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Laura Ellings, Rebecca Whyte, Claire Martin, Kate Taunton, Francis Welch
Executive Producer
Emily Shields
Network
BBC
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 3, 2019