Following on from 'The 1900 House', Channel 4 present a second documentary series in which a present day family are forced to live in the style and conditions of a bygone era. Here the Hymers - Lyn, Michael, daughter Kirstie and her sons Ben and Thomas - revisit the 1940s. Over six episodes the family experience the joys of Anderson shelters, rationing, D-Day and the Blitz.