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Colonial House

20041 Season48m episodes8.0

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Runtime: 48m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

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Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like when they take up residence in Colonial House. The colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing weather, rustic living conditions and backbreaking labor.

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Director: Kristi Jacobson, Nicolas Brown
Status: Ended
First aired: May 17, 2004
Network: PBS, Channel 4
Studio: Wall to Wall, Thirteen

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Kathryn Walker

Narrator (voice)

Chloe Nicole

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Colonial House

20041 Season48m episodes8.0

Documentary, Reality

TMDB8.0

Votes1

Your rating

Runtime: 48m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

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Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs May 17, 2004
A New World
Governor Wyers and the new colonists, which include three families and seven individuals, arrive in 1628 New England where they must build a colony using tools of the time. The participants of this project soon realize that Colonial House isn't going to be as fun as they hoped as the pains of hard work and the lack modern conveniences soon take their toll.
E2 · Airs May 17, 2004
Harsh Reality
Assistant governor and lay preacher Don Heinz has his hands full when he finds that the colonists don't all follow the same faith and he soon must take over the duties of governor after an emergency forces Governor Wyers to depart.
E3 · Airs May 18, 2004
City of God
Governor Wyers returns only to find that that majority of the colonists must face punishments due to their modern-day behaviour which clashes with the laws of colonial times. The lucky ones get scarlet letters while the not-so-lucky ones are tied to stakes for being non-believers.
E4 · Airs May 18, 2004
The Outsiders
11 new settlers arrive making the current living situations very cramped so the colonists must now work together to build a new house under orders from the governor.
E5 · Airs May 24, 2004
Regime Change
As the colony loses faith in Gov. Wyers, he hands over his two indentured servants and household belongings to help pay for his family's passage home which causes a power shift resulting in lay preacher Don Heinz becoming the new governor.
E6 · Airs May 24, 2004
Shake Up
Cape merchant and treasurer Jack Lecza arrives on behalf of the sponsoring company to check up on the new venture causing feelings of pressure and unsettlement amongst the Colonists.
E7 · Airs May 25, 2004
The Reckoning
The Colonists feel that they're on the path to growth and prosperity but success doesn't come without a price. Meanwhile, tensions rise between Cape Merchant Lecza and Gov. Heinz.
E8 · Airs May 25, 2004
Judgment Day
It's September 29 and the Colonists decorate the village with husks of dried corn, fir boughs and ribbons in celebration of Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. Finally, the Colonists prepare to depart for the 21st century after their performance is assessed by a panel of experts.

Details

Director: Kristi Jacobson, Nicolas Brown
Status: Ended
First aired: May 17, 2004
Network: PBS, Channel 4
Studio: Wall to Wall, Thirteen

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Kathryn Walker

Narrator (voice)

Chloe Nicole

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