Genre Lifestyle, Documentary Narrated by Giles Coren Original language(s) English | Directed by Kim Maddever Country of origin United Kingdom | |
Presented by Giles Coren and Polly Russell | ||
Back in Time for... is a British lifestyle television series produced by Wall to Wall and broadcast on BBC Two from 17 March 2015. The first series, Back in Time for Dinner, centred on the Robshaw family trying foods from different time periods, and also experiencing what it was like to live then.
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The second series, Back in Time for the Weekend, featured the Ashby Hawkins family spending a week living through different decades from the 1950s to the 1990s and experiencing leisure time from the differing eras.
On 14 and 15 December 2015, a two-part Christmas special titled Back in Time for Christmas was broadcast which featured the Robshaw family trying Christmas food from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s (Episode 1) and the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (Episode 2).
A special edition of the show, entitled Back in Time for Brixton and consisting of two episodes, aired on BBC Two in November 2016. This focused on a black British family called the Irwins "through 60 years of cultural and social shifts, charting the story of how African-Caribbean immigration has changed British culture and society".
A sequel to the first series, entitled Further Back in Time for Dinner, centres on the Robshaws living through the foods of the early 20th century, beginning in 1900 and ending in 1949. The series was first broadcast on Tuesday 23rd January 2017.
Broadcast
The series debuted in the UK on BBC Two on 17 March 2015. Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on The LifeStyle Channel on September 24, 2015. The second series began on 2 February 2016.
Series Three – Further Back in Time for Dinner
Series Three saw the return of the Robshaw Family, and a journey even further back into the 20th Century.