For one summer, the Ashby Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950.
Episode 1
The 50s
The Ashby-Hawkins family enter the 50s, saying goodbye to their TV and hello to a piano.
Episode 2
The 60s
As the Ashby-Hawkins family enter the 60s, there's more fun to be had.
Episode 3
The 70s
Rob and Steph share more time together, playing darts with Eric Bristow.
Episode 4
The 80s
The family embrace the 80s, where TV and shopping dominated our leisure time.
Episode 5
The 90s
The family enter the 90s, a decade where new technology arrives at a dizzying pace.
Episode 6
The Future
The family look to the future to discover what it might hold for our free time.
Polly Russell
Histoy Expert
Giles Coren
Presenter
2018 · ★ 7.3
2007 · ★ 7.3
2006 · ★ 6.4
2014 · ★ 6.5
2009 · ★ 7.8
2011 · ★ 6.2
2010 · ★ 6.7
2003 · ★ 6.4
2013 · ★ 5.8
2006 · ★ 6.1
2019 · ★ 6.7
2022 · ★ 8.5
2017 · ★ 7.5
2012 · ★ 6.6
2009 · ★ 7.4
2014 · ★ 7.1
2015 · ★ 7.5
2013 · ★ 6.5
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2010 · ★ 6.9
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