How We Used to Live
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyYorkshire & independent companies
started24th Sep
1968
ended21st Mar
2002
last rpt11th Mar
2009
41 school years
episodes187
duration20 mins
subject
🏛️HistorySocial History
languageenIn English
How We Used to Live is an ITV and later Channel 4 schools TV series from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, covering social history for primary and secondary school pupils.
Units
| Programme | Dates | |
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Victorian Britain (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1968-1973 |
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1900-1945 (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1975-1985 |
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1874-1887: Mid Victorians (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1978-1981 |
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1936-1953: Second World War (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1981-1984 |
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1902-1926: Edwardian (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1984-1987 |
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1954-1970: Fifties and Sixties (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1987-1990 |
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Victorians Early and Late (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1990-1999 |
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Expansion, Trade and Industry (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1991-1994 |
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In Civil War (from How We Used to Live) • ITV Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11, Age 11-13 • History • Social History | 1993-1998 |
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A Tudor Interlude (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1993-1995 |
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Isaac Newton: Under the Stuarts (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1995-1997 |
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From Iron Ways to Victorian Days (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1996-1999 |
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Britons at War (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1997-2000 |
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The Spanish Armada (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1998-2001 |
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All Change: Britain 1945-1970 (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 1999-2007 |
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Tudor Times (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 2002-2008 |
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Tony Robinson's Local History Search (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 2002-2006 |
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A Giant in Ancient Egypt (from How We Used to Live) • Channel 4 Schools • Age 7-9, Age 9-11 • History • Social History | 2002-2009 |
Links
- TV Cream: How We Used to Live
- How We Used to Live .co.uk (archived 2016)
- Distinct Nostalgia: School FavouriteA podcast interview with Freda Kelsall about How We Used to Live
- How We Used To Live on Wikipedia
- British Film Institute Collections for How We Used to Live
- How We Used to Live on the Internet Movie Database
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