Synopsis
A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, when the high street was born.
- Programme: Turn Back Time
- Series: 1: The High Street
- Episode: 01: Victorian
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
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