The High Street

The High Street (2010)

A group of shop-keeping families are transported back to the birth of the high street in the 1870s, and propelled through a century of change, right up to the modern era and the 1970s.


Episodes: 6

Star Cast: Hugh Bonneville , Juliet Gardiner ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Victorian

Air Date: 2010-11-02

A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, when the high street was born.

Ep.2 Edwardian

Air Date: 2010-11-09

The shopkeepers move on to the Edwardian era, where they are joined by a dressmaker.

Ep.3 1930s

Air Date: 2010-11-16

The shopkeepers move into the 1930s, where nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers.

Ep.4 World War Two

Air Date: 2010-11-23

The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two.

Ep.5 1960s

Air Date: 2010-11-30

The shopkeepers and their customers move into the swinging sixties.

Ep.6 1970s

Air Date: 2010-12-07

It's the end of the journey for the shopkeepers and their customers head to the 1970s.