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Coal House - Series 1

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Three families are transported back to the south Wales coalfield of the 1920s

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Coal House - Series 1 - 1927

In the run-up to the Coal House series, Nicola Reynolds meets the three Welsh families giving up their modern comforts for the hardships of life as a mining family in 1927.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Coal House

Deep in the Welsh valleys three families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time-travel back to face the hardships of life in 1927.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Coal House at Christmas

In this hour-long Christmas special we time-travel with the Cartwrights, Phillips and Griffiths as they celebrate their very own special Christmas at the Coal House.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 1

Series in which three families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time-travel back to face the hardships of life in 1927, when coal was king.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 1

In the Welsh Valleys three families give up their 21st century lifestyle and time-travel to 1927. But will the community survive without a microwave, mobile, car or fast food?

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 1

In this first programme three families give up their 21st century creature comforts and time-travel back to face the hardships of life in the Welsh Valleys, 1927.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 10

As the Coal House community thinks about its goodbye to life in 1927, will the children be saying goodbye to the pigs and the mums goodbye to the tin baths?

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 11

This is the final week - and the Cartwrights, Griffiths and Phillips come to the end of their time-travel journey back to 1927. It's time for joy and it's time for tears.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 2

Three Welsh families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. The men face a tough training period to equip them for life at the coal-face.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 3

It's not just the coal-mining men who are finding things hard. Their wives start to feel the pinch of life in 1927 with mouths to feed and a cleaning routine to stick to.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 3

Three families travel back to the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community in Wales. The Cartwrights, Phillips and Griffiths enjoy a rare night out and celebrate a birthday.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 4

Deep in the Welsh valleys three families give up their 21st-century comforts to face the hardships of life in 1927.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 4

Three Welsh families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. The pressure is on for the families living in the Coal House during week two.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 5

It's week two, and the mothers are working fourteen hour days to keep their houses in order. The children are coming to terms with school and the men are working at the coal face.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 5

Three Welsh families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. Times are hard at the pit, with new skills to master and performance-related pay.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 6

For the mining men of Coal House, things are not getting any easier at the pit with new skills to master and performance related pay.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 6

Three Welsh families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. For the children of Coal House, exams at school are just around the corner.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 7

For the children of Coal House, exams at school are just around the corner. The men live the reality of the 1927 coalfield, where pit closures were the norm and poor wages common.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 7

Three Welsh families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. In the final week the heat is on as the families fight for survival.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 8

Three families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. Will the kids be saying goodbye to the pigs and their mums goodbye to the tin baths?

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 9

Washing coal-black pit clothes, baking and cleaning has taken over their lives of the mothers and daughters. The fathers and sons are exhausted but struggle at the coal face.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Episode 9

Three families time-travel back to face the hardships of life in a 1927 mining community. It's the final day for the Coal House families.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Preview

Nicola Reynolds meets the three Welsh families giving up their modern comforts for the hardships of life as a mining family in 1927.

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Coal House - Series 1 - Preview

How was it, that for over 80 years, the mining communities of the South Wales coalfield produced some of the finest boxers the world has ever seen? Eddie Butler finds out.

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