A House Through Time

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A brilliant new series that could easily be missed at this busy time of year

A brilliant new series that could easily be missed at this busy time of year.

Presented by historian David Olusoga, this four-part series looks at the history of one house in Liverpool and the residents who have called it home from 1841, when it was built, to today.

We begin with a young bachelor living beyond his means, move on to a former servant who worked his way out of poverty, and end the episode with a cotton trader who stopped at nothing to improve his fortunes.