Phil Spencer: 100 Homes
Phil Spencer takes on the challenge of telling the history of Britain through 100 homes.
From Cave Dwellers to Home Makers
Phil Spencer reveals 13 homes of all shapes, sizes and styles, from primitive prehistoric pads to houses built as status symbols. Over 13,000 years of homes, from 11,000 BC to the 1600s.
The Industrial Revolution
Phil examines how the Industrial Revolution completely changed Britain and left us with homes in Napoleonic forts, canal boats and city tenements.
Working Class Homes
Phil looks at the three decades of homes between 1850 and 1880, when working class slums were transformed into decent family abodes.
Edwardian and Dream Homes
Phil checks out properties from the 1800s and early 1900s including a glamourous Edwardian home to the first council houses and a bungalow with an exotic history.
The Interwar Years
Phil considers the period from the First World War to 1938, covering the onward advance of suburbia and the introduction of glamorous art deco and modernist architecture.
From World War II to the 1960s
Phil Spencer explores housing from the end of the Second World War through to the start of the 1960s, including a grand house inner-city children were moved to during the Blitz.
Contemporary
Phil's story gets up to date with 14 modern properties, from lofts to open-plan living to dwellings for the homeless and stunning designer homes.
