A House Through Time

Fascinating programme about the lives of ordinary people,who in many cases led quite extraordinary lives, the common thread being that they all lived at one time at 58/62 Falkner Street, built in 1841.The stories illustrate history in a very different way, more real seen through the lives of these residents. Amazing amount of research to uncover such a wealth of detail about those people against the changing backdrop of Liverpool. Great series, hope it will return at a new address.

I started watching this program yesterday and absolutely love it already. It's fascinating, well told and David Olusoga has a real interest and love for the program. Highly recommend to all history lovers or people interested in the past.

When I first came across this I thought it would be like a show I loved from a few years back No. 57 The Story of a House. While this came across as such and I have only been able to see Season 3 as I could not find links for season 1 & 2. This was somewhat trying at times as the presenter tried to convey times past but viewed with the biases of present day that presenter has. I have to say some of his implied speculation and innuendo was very off putting to me. Then one in episode he stated that TB, measles, whooping cough were diseases of the poor classes was horribly inaccurate. These were common diseases of a time before the second World War and vaccination that plagued both the houses of rich as well as poor families. Perhaps he should spend more time on accurate research and not just talking off the top of his poorly educated and very biased head! There was just enough of interest in season 3 for me to rate this at 2 stars, but just barely!

I did not see the first series , but being from Tyneside myself, this was a must watch. I am glad I did watch it, as I found it absolutely fascinating. Tracing the history of one house through the lives of it's residents is a simple idea brilliantly executed. I cannot recommend this program enough.

I started watching this programme with not much expectation,feeling it would be slow & boring but how wrong I was. David Olusoga obviously has a passion for this house & takes us through all of 62 Faulkner Streets residents & stories,which on paper sounds uninspiring to say the least,but the idea just works. With David,s calm & demeaning manner he makes us see images in our heads of its many residents & how they lived & died in this house. If you haven,t seen this programme yet please do & hopefully it will come back for another series as there are thousands more stories out there to be told.