Synopsis
Deep in the Welsh valleys three families give up their 21st century comforts to face the hardships of life in 1927.
- Programme: Coal House
- Series: 1
- Episode: Omnibus: 1
- Channel: BBC One Wales
- Broadcast year: 2007
- History
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