Presenter Giles Coren and food historian Polly Russell use the National Food Survey to discover a large collection of food diaries dating over the last 50 years. Using these resources, they learn how the post-war revolution in the food we eat has changed the way we live today. To demonstrate the transformation, a participating British family is taken back to the 1950s, their home goes from open plan to formal dining room and mum does the cooking whilst dad relaxes by the fire. The family begins their six-week time-travelling adventure on rations for breakfast, lunch and dinner until they eventually move onto the microwave meals and pizza deliveries of today.
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