The House the '50s Built

This episode focuses on the kitchen, where free-standing cupboards, mangles and larders were replaced by fitted units, twin-tubs and refrigerators - and the all-important food processor.

In this episode engineer Brendan Walker focuses on the living room, which saw the introduction of the television set, wallpaper paste and vinyl emulsion, and the curvy dining chair.

Brendan Walker explores post-war changes in the bedroom, where key inventions helped the 1950s child to become a teenager.

In this episode Brendan Walker ventures outside to explore how inventions and innovations improved people's leisure time in the 1950s.