Laurie Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I'm looking forward to this series. https://kcts9.org/programs/victorian-slum-house If they sell dvds I'll probably buy one and add it to my collection. I use these "House" shows as therapy/attitude adjustment when I'm feeling like a prisoner in my kitchen! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Hmm, it sound interesting but somehow I can see it being on the insensitive side, too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Nice counterpoint to the original Victorian house series. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 My 6 y/o watched the trailer over my shoulder and asked excitedly, "Is that a place where we can go!?!" :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Sounds like my own personal idea of hell, probably why my ancestors immigrated, but it does look interesting to watch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 My 6 y/o watched the trailer over my shoulder and asked excitedly, "Is that a place where we can go!?!" :lol: There's always the Tenement Museum! :lol: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I've always imagined that food network show contestants (for things like Chopped) are people who auditioned for Top Chef but didn't make the cut. And I imagine these poor people auditioned for some Manor House type show and got the really short end of the stick! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) If anyone is interested in Victorian Britain, I would recommend this lecture series (when it's on sale, though!) about Victorian Britain. My daughter and I just watched the final lecture last week so I'm really looking forward to the PBS series. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/victorian-britain.html Edited May 2, 2017 by Laurie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I can't imagine volunteering for this after watching the original Victorian one. If I remember right, they were middle class and life was pretty bleak. To be Victorian lower class (shudders). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I'm looking forward to this series. https://kcts9.org/programs/victorian-slum-house If they sell dvds I'll probably buy one and add it to my collection. I use these "House" shows as therapy/attitude adjustment when I'm feeling like a prisoner in my kitchen! What are your favorite ones in your collection so far? I've been thinking about buying a couple myself lately, but I've only ever seen a Victorian House one, probably close to 20 years ago? I follow a blogger who has listed quite a few, but I'm not sure if they're all equally good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 What are your favorite ones in your collection so far? I've been thinking about buying a couple myself lately, but I've only ever seen a Victorian House one, probably close to 20 years ago? I follow a blogger who has listed quite a few, but I'm not sure if they're all equally good. I've enjoyed all the shows that take place in England: The 1900 House, Manor House, and 1940's House. The one from the BBC called Edwardian Farm is very good, too. (A historian and 2 archaeologists spend a year on the farm so you get to see the seasonal work that went on, both inside and outside the home. ) Of the shows set in America, my favorite by far is Frontier House. Included in the group are a man and his father who have to build their house before the young man's fiancee arrives for their wedding. I just love Nate and Rudy and the relationship they have as they work side by side. The other two families don't get along with each other. Colonial House isn't bad, but there's too much cheating with regard to the rules of the project. But this one does include the impact on the native people who have been invaded. I hate to have to tell you that "Texas Ranch House" is my least favorite. Because of the hot weather there were just too many flies all over their food and everything. (I don't know if you're planning to watch with your kids, but some of these I would consider PG13. Colonial House has some nudity and adult conversation. And Frontier House includes discussion about whether birth control pills should be allowed even though they weren't available then and some other adult conversation. In Manor House, there's some heavy drinking and the unpleasant consequences, and some hanky panky going on with the hall boy and scullery maid.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Where do you watch all these? I really enjoyed Pioneer Quest which is set in Manitoba. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I saw the promo for that and honestly wondered if it were for real, or a comic knock-off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Dh is a bit traumatized after watching with us---sole breadwinner anxieties! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Also, ethically, how could you bring your kids into that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Our local PBS station (KET in KY) is offering it online. http://video.ket.org/video/3000180983/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Do they have lots of brothels and syphilis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) I was watching the first episode yeaterday. Quite good: definitely neither a knock-off nor funny. (Also no brothels or stds!) I'm not too worried about the children's safety or wellbeing. It's already implicitly clear that the show has safety controls, supervision, and fallback plans for if the parents "can't" provide for the children. (I am, as always, worried about children's privacy and consent issues in reality tv. Filming 'as themselves' during childhood can have consequences that a child isn't equipped to anticipate, so I'm not sure anyone can give valid consent for reality-style filming of minors.) Edited May 3, 2017 by bolt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) It's available on the PBS website/app the day after the episode airs. http://www.pbs.org/video/3000180983/ Edited May 3, 2017 by Word Nerd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thank you so much for posting this! I have loved all the PBS "House" series! This one looks fascinating!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwest Momma Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks! I watched the first episode. I am feeling VERY thankful for my current living conditions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm not sure that I can consider half a piece of bread for a daily ration as "adequate for children". I realize that some parents had fasted for two days straight in order to provide that to children.....but yeeesh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdj2027 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I watched them all on YouTube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) P.S. I'm just halfway through the first episode, but one of the families homeschools in their modern day life. It's portrayed positively here. FYI. ETA: My low expectations were exceeded. I think it's a great way to appreciate our current standard of living. Final (rough) quote from one of the women was something like: " I grew up poor in the 1950s, and we didn't have any money. But this is a whole different situation. I will never say that I lived in poverty again. Ever." Edited May 4, 2017 by Beth S 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I was watching the first episode yeaterday. Quite good: definitely neither a knock-off nor funny. (Also no brothels or stds!) I'm not too worried about the children's safety or wellbeing. It's already implicitly clear that the show has safety controls, supervision, and fallback plans for if the parents "can't" provide for the children. (I am, as always, worried about children's privacy and consent issues in reality tv. Filming 'as themselves' during childhood can have consequences that a child isn't equipped to anticipate, so I'm not sure anyone can give valid consent for reality-style filming of minors.) Can you show me where you found this info? My kids were concerned with the families not eating. TIA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I "gathered" it from the show's style, context, and a few hints. The context being a tv show in a developed country with laws that must be respected -- I don't think that actual child endangerment would even be contemplated, much less permitted, filmed, and distributed. Nobody would take a risk like that, much less the BBC. The style being similar to 'coal house' in which I observed various events around feeding the kids where the show's narrative 'found excuses' to feed them. They also conspicuously added modern safety precautions to historic activities for both adults and children in that show. The hints I saw were that the adults mentioned hunger, but the kids did not. The kids only mention boredom with the food -- repeatedly. Also, that the amputee adult was provided with a safe prosthetic because a period one was not safe enough. (Which implies that the show is run in such a way that health and safety decisions are made extremely carefully.) In combination, this gives me the strong impression that the children were given basic daily calories (either off camera, or by requiring the parents to buy/charge the appropriate amount like-it-or-not) in spite of appearances to the contrary, and hunger among the adults. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Thanks! I watched the first episode. I am feeling VERY thankful for my current living conditions. Me too. I'm especially thankful for a bed rather than a rope to drape myself over in a doss-house. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) In combination, this gives me the strong impression that the children were given basic daily calories (either off camera, or by requiring the parents to buy/charge the appropriate amount like-it-or-not) in spite of appearances to the contrary, and hunger among the adults. And even if they got slightly less nutrition than ideal, I read that it was filmed in 3 weeks. ETA: we recently watched the 1940s house, and iirc the kids in that one did complain about being hungry. Of course, my kids whine about being hungry all the time, and all that means is that they want something yummier than what's being offered to them. Edited May 4, 2017 by luuknam 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I was watching the first episode yeaterday. Quite good: definitely neither a knock-off nor funny. (Also no brothels or stds!) I'm not too worried about the children's safety or wellbeing. It's already implicitly clear that the show has safety controls, supervision, and fallback plans for if the parents "can't" provide for the children. (I am, as always, worried about children's privacy and consent issues in reality tv. Filming 'as themselves' during childhood can have consequences that a child isn't equipped to anticipate, so I'm not sure anyone can give valid consent for reality-style filming of minors.) Even with adult participants there are rules that have to be followed. In one of the 'farm' shows they actually sent the participants to a hotel over night because the living conditions didn't meet standards for employment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Where do you watch all these? I really enjoyed Pioneer Quest which is set in Manitoba. Thanks for mentioning Pioneer Quest. I looked at the description on Amazon, and illness is mentioned in more than one episode. I'm squeamish and can't do medical shows so I'm wondering how "graphic' this gets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) ETA: we recently watched the 1940s house, and iirc the kids in that one did complain about being hungry. Of course, my kids whine about being hungry all the time, and all that means is that they want something yummier than what's being offered to them. I remember feeling sorry for the boy in the 1900's House series because the parents said he was only eating bread and cheese in the Victorian house. The mother was a vegetarian, and although she said her family could eat meat away from home she wasn't going to cook any meat for them. I remember the boy looked happy eating fish and chips in one episode, and I was thinking he'd probably eat better if he was offered some more meat rather than the beans and greens! Edited May 5, 2017 by Laurie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Thanks for mentioning Pioneer Quest. I looked at the description on Amazon, and illness is mentioned in more than one episode. I'm squeamish and can't do medical shows so I'm wondering how "graphic' this gets...I don't remember any graphic scenes re: illness. There is an unfortunate incident with a pregnant sow and a barn fire (:() but, again, it doesn't actually show a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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