In his new series, the historian David Olusoga has hit upon a compelling way to trace the social and political landscape of Britain across a span of 180 years – focusing on just one building. A House Through Time (BBC Two) explores the varied and changing inhabitants of a single dwelling in Liverpool, from its construction to the present day.
There are some obvious parallels between this and the long-running series Who Do You Think You Are?, except that in this case the people whose histories are investigated are under no obligation to be related to the same celebrity, as long as they all had the same address.
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