cherryblossom Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 What is the name of the PBS series similar to Frontier House, about a modern family who agrees to live as if they were in the 1700s? I thought it was 1700s House or 1800s House but those searches yielded nothing. I only remember seeing a little portion of one episode that aired on PBS years ago. Anyone remember the name of this series???:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 wasn't it called Frontier Home or Frontier House??? Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I think you mean the BBC series the 1900 House. Here is a link to it on amazon. They also did one for 1940 & one called Manor House. http://www.amazon.com/The-1900-House/dp/B0000AYL45/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 PBS also did a Colonial House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryblossom Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 Thank you so much!:) I think you mean the BBC series the 1900 House. Here is a link to it on amazon. They also did one for 1940 & one called Manor House. http://www.amazon.com/The-1900-House/dp/B0000AYL45/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryblossom Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 :) PBS also did a Colonial House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryblossom Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 :) wasn't it called Frontier Home or Frontier House??? Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Awww... 1900 House was great, but Colonial House was disappointing. Some of the people wanted to live the way colonists did, others refused and couldn't let go of 20th century mindsets. Many were lazy and they didn't make their production goals, but most of the troublemakers thought htings were fine and historians didn't understand- they would have survived despite their lack of work. I wanted to watch and see what life was like for colonists. I ended up watching a series with a bunch of people causing trouble and feuling conflicts. Maddening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I caught a bit of a Canadian series that sent some folks into the wilderness for a FULL YEAR and they really showed a lot more of real old-time existence than Frontier House. But I can not remember the name of the series!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Awww... 1900 House was great, but Colonial House was disappointing. Some of the people wanted to live the way colonists did, others refused and couldn't let go of 20th century mindsets. Many were lazy and they didn't make their production goals, but most of the troublemakers thought htings were fine and historians didn't understand- they would have survived despite their lack of work. I wanted to watch and see what life was like for colonists. I ended up watching a series with a bunch of people causing trouble and feuling conflicts. Maddening! I actually wrote a letter to PBS about both the Frontier House and Colonial House. They were awful. Besides the one guy who built his house with his dad on FH, the rest were awful. I could not understand how they chose these people. All the drama on the Colonial House, folks not wanting to go to church or coming out. They would have been killed or at the least shunned/kicked out of the settlement. Few seemed to really want to experience what it was like in either of the shows. It was MTV comes to PBS. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Can I interrupt to ask something? If anybody has seen them all, can you list the titles, and which ones were good and which were awful? Netflix is a pain to find anything on, unless you know the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee22 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 We just watched the first Manor House dvd from Netflix. It was good, it started kind of slowly but got better. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole series. :001_smile: I think we'll watch 1940s House after we've seen all of Manor House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Colonial House was really disappointing. I kept yelling at the TV, "You are all going to starve!" They purposely picked people who would make trouble, so they could have plenty of drama--just trying to live in a different time isn't enough for them, so they have to ruin it. Grrr. Most embarrassingly, that pompous preacher who also wanted to be mayor and run everything, and his aggravating wife, are from my city. Which is full of wonderful, lovely people, by the way. I think they moved. I did kind of like Manor House though. "This house is killing meeee!" We say that around here sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Can I interrupt to ask something? If anybody has seen them all, can you list the titles, and which ones were good and which were awful? Netflix is a pain to find anything on, unless you know the title. I liked the 1900 House and the 1940's House the best. Netflix links added to help. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 There was one called Pioneer House. Is that the name you're looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I agree that the spoilsports who couldn't really get into character for these programs were annoying but it was interesting to see how different personalities chose to handle things. All of those shows deepened my appreciation for the nature of the work women did. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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