Living in the Past (1978)
- Genre
- documentary film, reality television
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 12 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Fifteen volunteers including couples and children live for a year in a reconstructed British Iron Age settlement. They use only the tools, crops and livestock that would have been available at that time to sustain themselves.
observationaleducationalslow-pacedpracticalhistoricdaily-liferesoluteimmersive
What happens
Living in the Past was a 1978 BBC fly on the wall documentary programme. It followed a group of fifteen volunteers, six couples and three children, recreating a British Iron Age settlement, where they sustained themselves for a year, equipped only with the tools, crops and livestock that would have been available at that time. The series is considered a precursor to modern reality television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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