Channel 4's The 1940s House capitalised on the success of the channel's The 1900 House by using the same format--combining documentary with reality TV--to explore a different era. Three generations of the Hymer family (Lyn, Michael, their daughter Kirstie and her two sons Ben and Thomas) from Ottley in Yorkshire donned Brylcreem, home knits and red lippy to play house in a West ...