Synopsis
The family and their home are transported to the space-age 60s, with a gleaming fitted kitchen and the arrival of a host of new tastes and flavours.
- Programme: Back in Time for Dinner
- Episode: 02: 1960s
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2015
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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