Back in Time for Dinner (2015)

S1E1 1950s

A British family finds themselves immersed in life during the 1950s, complete with a cramped kitchen and a diet featuring dried eggs. Their home turns into a time machine, whisking them back to 1950, swapping modern open-plan spaces for a formal dining room and a kitchen with minimal amenities. With the guidance of host Giles Coren, food historian Polly Russell, and insights from the National Food Survey, the family must adhere to the era's culinary constraints, facing meals of dried eggs, national bread, dripping, and liver. “We've just had the most dreadful meal I've ever tasted,” one family member exclaims. Embracing the roles of the time, mum takes charge of the cooking, while dad relaxes by the fire with his pipe and slippers. The atmosphere lifts as rationing ends in 1954, paving the way for a consumer boom. Mary Berry, once a hire-purchase saleswoman in the 1950s, sells them an electric oven, leading mum