Synopsis
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.
- Programme: Turn Back Time
- Series: 1: The High Street
- Episode: 01: Victorian
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
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The shopkeepers move into the 1930s, where nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers.
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The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two, and for the first time profit isn't everything.
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The shopkeepers and their customers move into the swinging sixties, where big changes hit the high street.
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It's the end of the journey for the shopkeepers and their customers as they move into the 1970s. With Gregg Wallace.
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