Highlights
How We Used To Live

How We Used To Live - Season 5 (1981)

Audience Score
60

Season 5 Episodes

1. 1936 Head of the Family

September 23rd, 1981

The Hodgkins family lives in a new suburb of a Yorkshire manufacturing town. Arthur, a railwayman, is buying the semi-detached house on a mortgage, having moved from rented accommodation in a terrace during the building boom of the early 'thirties. His wife, Mabel, devotes herself to the home and their family of four children, Jimmy (14), Patricia (12), Avril (8), and Edward (2).

2. 1937 Counting the Cost

March 13th, 2026

3. 1938 Holiday with Pay

March 13th, 2026

4. 1939: Hospital Case

March 13th, 2026

5. 1939: Goodnight Children Everywhere

March 13th, 2026

6. 1940: Home from Home

March 13th, 2026

7. 1942: Stars and Stripes

March 13th, 2026

8. 1943: Make Do and Mend

March 13th, 2026

9. 1943: Take a Man’s Place

March 13th, 2026

10. 1944: Peace on Earth

March 13th, 2026

11. 1945: Let us Face the Future

March 13th, 2026

12. 1946: Full Supporting Programme

March 13th, 2026

13. 1947: Cold Comfort

March 13th, 2026

14. 1947: A New Look

March 13th, 2026

15. 1948: Full Steam Ahead

March 13th, 2026

16. 1948: On the National Health

March 13th, 2026

17. 1949: On the Move

March 13th, 2026

18. 1951: A Tonic for the Nation

March 13th, 2026

19. 1952: We Have Travelled a Hard Road

March 13th, 2026

20. 1953: Your Undoubted Queen

March 13th, 2026

All Seasons

Season 9
Jan 12, 1993
Season 8
Jan 8, 1991
Season 7
Sep 18, 1990
Season 5
Sep 23, 1981
Season 1
Sep 24, 1968