Back in Time for Dinner - 1960s

[@ramyarmany]

I never get fed up with these episodes i keep come back to watch them over and over to scape from the present

[@jennysandberg6874]

Me too, I watch them while cooking.

[@arxsyn]

I am really impressed with the decor, hair, makeup and wardrobes. The missus looked incredible when she went out for dinner with hubby and friends at the service station. Also, l had no idea in the sixties, earth tone colours were fashionable. I thought it was a seventies thing. I am similarly impressed with them simulating period packaging and signage. Great production.

[@lindagraham3346]

I do really feel for this mother. I believe in real life she is a teacher. He is home early and starts supper and misses his time in the kitchen. She really is a trooper and I think this is the whole reason for a series like this....to show the evolution of a woman's world through the decades. As a modern women she feels left alone with all of the drudgery. What was interesting to me was how the husband feels in real time....segregated and lonely and yearning to be with her in the kitchen, helping and talking. Pretty cool!

[@madisilver460]

the wardrobe is fantastic! so perfect, vibrant and stylishly youthful-even for the Mum!

[@vtecpreludevtec]

Madi Silver wow!

[@basstrammel1322]

Mostly for the mom, I would say!

[@stopstalkingmegoogl]

fantastic conversations inspired between the daughters this time around, very cool to see two young women raised by modern people confronted with seeing their mum reenact this version of womanhood from another time.

[@Theturtleowl]

I adore the effort that went into this series. I love the interieur so much, I just might bring some 1960's style into my house.

[@p.m-audio]

The british Rock n Roll was real Revolution to this world...Never seen a Country who have so much good Rock Bands and musiciens like Great Britain. thanks for that!!! much kisses from Belgium

[@elantee8784]

The mother is obviously not a great cook, but at least she tries.

[@p.m-audio]

but she is cool and lovely

[@gmiernik]

It's a great family. I like to cook but would do my best to stay away from certain yummy food if I did not have a dishwasher and a microwave. I don't mind doing dishes and melting butter on the stove if the recipe calls for it, but than there are some recipes where you end up with 4 sinks full of pots pans and dishes.

[@basstrammel1322]

It's kinda comic and fun in the series, but as she say at the end, she felt sidelined. I don't really know what mothers did when the kids had moved out and the husband went to work? Must have been frustrating as hell.

[@lukethomas658]

I enjoyed this, thanks for posting! I liked the family - they clearly aren't reality TV attention seekers; they talk and think rather than react and pose. And the fashion, holy smokes, lol.

[@jfs983]

I really like how they explore the shifting family dynamics and gender roles over the course of time, especially from the mother's perspective.

[@lorispain1]

What a great looking family !

[@lisakilmer2667]

Good series, very informative. Nice that the kids are finally more involved. It's interesting to know how little variety British eaters had until the late 60s. I guess I was spoiled because my folks had been stationed overseas in the 50s and brought their sense of continental flavors back to the US with them. The spice rack was always, always full of about 40 little jars.

[@catslove3884]

Love the hair bump. Beehive

[@watercolourferns]

Wow... the difference between the 60's in the UK and the 60's in America is soooo big!!! I feel like the early 60's in the UK were the middle to late 50's in America, and by America Imen Mexico and US. The difference is striking!!

[@basstrammel1322]

That's just aftermath of the war, I believe. Recovery can last a long time.

[@spencerpetunia8268]

I *love* how over the course of this episode the family's outfits changed in style throughout the compressed decade! I would've been slightly irked if their general style didn't change because (popular) clothing, hairstyling, and makeup changed so dramatically between 1960 and 1970.

[@basstrammel1322]

I guess a stylist picked out their clothes day for day, and did an outstanding job at it.

[@madisilver460]

wonderful show! sn: Giles in those marvelous denims!!

[@lavoixdevelours]

Poor girl is having such trouble with the carrots because that's a bread knife. lol

[@wheelervette]

CUTE looking black cat i keep seeing

[@littlemiss80s88]

Love watching Brandon and Rochelle flirt 💕

[@jackwongen6671]

I'm a product of the 60's (an American) many of the clothes and food we had and eaten. But America had Nam (my Uncle fighting in the DMZ and cousin were in Nam). Great Job BBC, it's true young people "did their own thing." I bid you Peace.

[@vivalapinkchic]

I know we have a lot more gadgets nowadays but I couldn't see myself spending so much time cooking and cleaning throughout the day. Also, I know frozen meals started becoming more popular in the 60s and 70s but its interesting seeing the freeze dried meals. Kind of reminds me of the meal delivery services that we have nowadays

[@excellinkus]

Sooooo much better than the lame, boring CBC Canadian version.

[@123JustMe]

Thanks for uploading this!! 🙌

[@seylerfam7025]

I commend the mom for trying her best when she's clearly uncomfortable. The children seem a bit spoiled to me, in the fact that they're turning their noses up at the food.

[@FreshSalad645]

Honestly, I'd be really weirded out if someone brought jellied anything to me, especially peas and meat. It might be easier for people used to eat jelly (mainly in sugary forms like jello) but jelly is not customary at all where I come from, and gelatine is generally frowned upon. When you're not used to eating jelly, the texture is kinda gross...

[@dawne5139]

Eden Zak My mother made a lime jellonwith mixed vegetables for every summer family get together. It was very common back then.

[@FreshSalad645]

Do you still eat it sometimes? I think it's interesting to see how different countries have different cooking styles. They don't even sell jello-type of desserts where I live because no one eat jelly anything. Gelatine (and stuff like agar agar) is only used for baking and in chewy sweets, this is why I find the texture so weird.

[@dawne5139]

Eden Zak I like it with fruit, but never did like it with the vegetables. However it use to be a big hit with everyone else and they all looked forward to it. When my grandchildren visit I do the fruit version, with jello whipped into whipping cream spread on top. They live a long ways so it's a rare treat which they love.

[@kikoizme]

I do find that they loosen up a bit as the decades go on, especially in the further back in time for dinner

[@dawne5139]

I love the sink with the drying area.

[@terencejones9044]

pretty good episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@btsarmyforever3816]

In today's world nobody thinks dorm life is "stepping into adulthood". People dorm cause they don't have a choice. Especially for distant learning. A dorm is basically a glorified broom cupboard. It's exciting living on ur own at first, then when the first week passes, u r bored to death and miss a proper meal.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Glad kids do more

[@p.m-audio]

i love the hair on the 60 s

[@steeviem1835]

Us Northeners know Potatoe Hash well, and still make it and enjoy it.Its fast and easy. Although the way they were chopping everything up, it looked less appetizing! 😂

[@ginacaze6251]

So interesting! I'm gonna watch it

[@watercolourferns]

Also, being a woman doesn't default you for knowing your way around the kitchen, guys. My mum doesn't know how to use half of the new utensils that we use in the kitchen now, but my dad does, cause he's the one who cooks most of their meals. I cook for me and my girlfriend, my gf doesn't know much about advanced cooking either, but again it's me who does most of our cooking... So yeah...

[@harrodsfan]

Weird you changing your roles. No one knows how to cook from scratch but we all learn. Both men and WOMEN should be able to cook elementary stuff, first for yourself, and your family. That said, what's next for you, as a male? to give birth ? lol

[@watercolourferns]

@@harrodsfan you're a shinny penny aren't you?

[@harrodsfan]

@@watercolourferns yep, that I am.

[@hemlatabisnauthsing54]

still don't understand why the daugther uses a bread knife to chop vegetables.!

[@ravenbaa7989]

Make that boy do work

[@ravenbaa7989]

Also that mom complains too much

[@college388]

Enough criticism of the mother! If you pay attention you'll see that the father regularly cooks the family's meals. As far as that can opener goes, it's not a hand model that we'd all have, it's an old-fashioned model that people rarely buy and use anymore. Give it a rest!

[@babybookworm003]

Webb Surfer considering my skills in the kitchen are lacking I really cannot say anything against the mother

[@basstrammel1322]

All those tools must seem totally alien to 99% of us, so her efforts was just as good as any of us. She openly admits she's not the cook in regular life, so no shame in any of it. She should be applauded for embark the whole show with open arms, in fact.

[@marieeve8607]

Is that retro grocery store real or did they set it up for the show? It's so cool.

[@garymagan]

There is a vintage Tesco at Goodwood which I believe is this one.

[@Rickyrab]

There are places here in America that are also named after places in Britain. One settlement, not too far from where I am, was once named Birmingham. (It may have become part of "West Trenton", in Ewing Township, New Jersey...) And, yes, I know New Jersey is named after one of the Channel Islands.

[@swirlygecko5691]

Richard Rabinowitz ok

[@basstrammel1322]

@@Rickyrab Oh, It's hundreds, if not thousands of places named after places in England. I'm surprised you didn't mention New York!

[@pavornocturnus1145]

Where did they get all the cans from? Did they use modern cans with a vintage cover?

[@steeviem1835]

Probably genuine, but for show, and modern types elsewhere to consume. Although the beans, spaghetti hoops, bovril and HP was modern.

[@deniselittle5558]

Does anyone know what those noodles that puffed up are called?

[@miumiubanks8745]

wow the servings are reaaly small like the spaghetti, no wonder im huge

[@vignettevlogs1571]

Does this vintage grocery store actually exist? That seems pretty extreme for them to have set all that up just for them to go shop in there for a few minutes?

[@basstrammel1322]

In another comment someone says it exist. I assume it's a cool marketing move Costco did, and they let TV and movie production use it.

[@KristinRyans]

Those children are so spoiled, especially the older ones they act just so mean. They don't like any of the food and they're cruelly honest about it... and the response to the coffee... omg you could've just said ''it's very bitter'' not IT'S HORRIBLE! WTF?! I would never dare to say anything like that especially in front of my boss or the co -workers that i just met a day ago... ! At the very least it's really rude and disrespectful. And omg when it was the 50s they wined so much about the food, and now its the 60s and in their years is only a bit more than 10 days ...and they still brag about it... imagine what would've been like for kids in the REAL 50s who had to eat this not for only 10 days but every day for years...ha??! What about their palates?? I don't think they had the choice... i mean ...you agreed to do the challenge and also at least you know that you will return to your stupid tasty but harmful processed food once the show is over...but they didn't have that luxury..so at least enjoy some REAL, HEALTHY food while you can instead of wining about it through the whole show... For god sake...i was raised on bread butter and salt , lentils soup and rice pudding, and i turned out just fine... so stop crying over it!

[@krdiaz8026]

Kristin Ryans That's probably one of the reasons why they chose this family. This is TV. If they liked everything it would be less interesting to modern viewers who like a bit of drama.

[@basstrammel1322]

They are told to say exactly what they think about it. It's not criticism of the effort put into making it or anythink else, it's just a reflection over how a modern day kid experience that food. The reaction tells me way more about that food than them eating it up and don't say anything. If you want to see someone living as people actually living in the 60s you have to watch actors.

[@swirlygecko5691]

Welcome to the sixties!

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Lesson here? Very few people ever find true happiness because they don't have the brain, balls, or combination of both to do things their own way. People keep going on and on about gender and gender roles but simply flip flopping them is another instruction manual for complete failure. We really are fucking stupid. But this show is entertaining.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Haha, at the very end the mother starts to realize how much of feminism and the woman's movement is a sham. Men were bored as fuck and wanted more domestic responsibility to help pass the time. My friends and family like to wonder why I am so content doing domestic chored while they sit around complaining of boredom.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Brat boy

[@cherylschumaker1366]

I got a fridge maybe I'll burn my bra hahahhaha!!!

[@chocomilkxd9862]

Yo solo estoy aquí pq mi libro de inglés ponía algo sobre esta serie ._.xD

[@Theturtleowl]

I am curious if anyone can tell me why the British eat white bread so much?

[@norcatch]

It's grounded in class and the war. White bread became affordable during the industrial revolution due to new milling technology, and it had high status. Even in the mid 1800s, even the working class would eat only white bread. It was seen as less aspirational to eat brown bread. Now, the deathnail for brown bread in modern British history was the war. The only loaf of bread you were allowed to sell during the war (and for almost a decade after it) was national loaf. It was a brown bread with added vitamins, and it was universally loathed and referred to as Hitler's secret weapon. So, when rationing ended in the 50s, people stopped eating brown bread and just ate white bread. This is changing today with brown bread becoming more popular, although white bread is still the preferred grain delivery system for most Brits, afaik.

[@JDemen82]

One could easily confuse Roseland with a professional model.

[@susanna8612]

In 60's skirts were shorter than theirs

[@babiisuicidee]

that was a questionable olive oil..

[@ravenbaa7989]

That girl is no where should live on her own

[@mosellethmas1593]

Fred really needs to learn some manners,such a rude little boy in every show .

[@susanna8612]

So the unethical mass meat production started in 1960's 😒

[@Rickyrab]

Nice aloha shirt there. I'll bet this was an offshoot of 1950s era tiki culture, which might have come from California (and ultimately from Hawaii and the South Pacific - much of the way around the world from Britain). I'll bet this whole tiki thing got started by the Japanese by accident when they bombed Pearl Harbor, but what do I know?

[@Rickyrab]

How the Japanese did it: they bombed Pearl Harbor. This drew America into WWII. Americans came flocking to the Pacific theater of war - largely the South Pacific Ocean, for which Pearl Harbor served as a major gateway. Polynesia and Hawaii were there. Polynesian culture rubbed off on American soldiers. They took it home and set up surfing clubs and tiki bars. (Or told youngsters, who, in turn, set up surfing clubs and tiki bars.) Another possible motivator, over 10 years later: Hawaii became a US state. (In other words, it got catapulted in status from something like a colony to being something like, oh, England or Scotland in the UK.)

[@Evanpetersbitchylilgrubstache]

You get a fridge then you burn your bra.

[@adriannefluet2896]

I think if you have a yard you should be required to have a garden

[@mr2bmw]

In Italy, that spaghetti bolognese would not even be served to homeless cats.

[@vtecpreludevtec]

Nice lookn women.

[@basstrammel1322]

Don't be a creep. 2 out of 3 are teenagers.

[@catslove3884]

She who waits

[@farmerchippy]

What a dreadfully rude little boy,in every series.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Ya ungrateful brat

[@cypher237]

Did they create that whole vintage store with all that food just for them?? Seems like a huge waste! Having so much of each item as well... I just can't imagine that it's a normal store, but I wish tv didn't do such wasteful things just for a short spot on a tv show...

[@harrodsfan]

Well said.

[@krdiaz8026]

Why was it wasteful? This show likely made a lot of money. People like those little details. They're what make shows like this interesting. Just think, in ballet, one move which lasts a second requires several years of training which cost a lot. Would you consider that to be wasteful too?

[@basstrammel1322]

Someone said in another comment that the store exist. It might be a part of a bigger normal Costco, and it's like a museum of sorts. And I'm sure they love to let TV and movie productions use it.

[@ravenbaa7989]

Also kid eat with your mouth closed 😡

[@ravenbaa7989]

Little boy is a brat u eat what u are given

[@snowwhite8906]

she is a very bad cook.

[@spencerpetunia8268]

Most of it is just lack of practice. In this family it's the dad who cooks most of the time. The parents point this out in the 1950s episode, and in the 1970s episode the dad's overjoyed to finally get to cook something for the family again.

[@terryjfisher]

I agree. It seems like she fumbles and frets over almost everything, clumsy, using the wrong implements/tools for various tasks. She makes it seem like dicing a potato requires a master's degree. Oh, well...at least she tries. LOL

[@lavoixdevelours]

She can barely open a can. lol

[@basstrammel1322]

@@lavoixdevelours It's a comic relief in every decade, haha. But all jokes aside, I struggled af trying to open a period can with that opener in a re enactment in school. The cans where so different, metal was thicker and hard to penetrate, and the blade on the opener is curved so can't stab it through.

[@sarahpitcher4615]

Seriously? She can't open a can of corned beef? Is this woman competent in ANY kitchen?

[@watercolourferns]

She doesn't cook for her family, her husband is the one in charge of that. It's normal that someone who doesn't cook doesn't know how to use the utensils and appliances.

[@harrodsfan]

@@watercolourferns It's not normal.

[@watercolourferns]

@@harrodsfan nobody asked you. Why are you following me?

[@basstrammel1322]

That twisty key thing is a bitch sometimes. No need to be mean on the internet about it.

[@ravenbaa7989]

She whines