The Ferrones were already veterans of a 2018 ABCTV historic series, Back in Time For Dinner, in which they turned their own South Sydney home over to be remodeled several times while living for the camera from the 1950s to the present day. Olivia, 12, seemed cautiously pleased with the fact that the family now had a cow. The Ferrone men (Peter and 19-year-old Julian in three-piece pieces of wool) and the women (Carol and 16-year-old Sienna in corsets and thickly layered dresses on the wrists and ankles) playfully mastered the news of 20th century life Cooking on a wood stove meant that bathing would take place once a week. Host: Annabel Crabb, Executive Producer: Fiona Baker, Director: Kieran -Spud' Murphy, ABC Executive Producer: Julie Hanna, ABC Head of Factual: Steve Bibb.When we hired the ailing Ferrone family on December 15th last year to start filming Further Back In Time For Dinner, the main issues were heat and the risk of bush fires.Ĭhristmas was just around the corner, the continent was already on fire, and the mercury was at a delicious 32 degrees when we introduced the Ferrones to their 1900s house – a stone residence in Annangrove, about 25 miles northwest of Sydney, the we had thoughtfully freed from the power supply, refrigeration, telecommunications infrastructure and indoor washing systems. International Television Production, produced in association with the Australia Broadcasting Corporation. With the visually compelling transformation of the house, the soundtrack of the decades, and extraordinary ABC archival material, Back in Time for Dinner is rich with the pleasure of recollection and nostalgia as well as the jaw dropping disbelief at how quite alien the world was not so long ago!īack in Time for Dinner is a Warner Bros. The family will live through the highs, lows and challenges that shaped family life in the 20th Century. The family's own home is meticulously transformed back in time from the 50s all the way to present day and finally into the future.įollowing carefully researched recipes they'll source, cook, and eat the same meals as everyday Australian families in each era. And, our recipes have gone from being handed down through our mothers to, simply, being downloaded.īut how has this change in what we have eaten, along with innovations in the kitchen, transformed us as a nation? To find out, the Ferrone family home has been turned into a time machine and each week, the family and their home is transported to a different decade, as they take on the dietary habits, lifestyle, cooking fads and fashion of that era.Īs Annabel Crabb guides the Ferrones, an everyday Australian family, through the different decades, Back in Time for Dinner offers a unique opportunity to tap into the social, economic, and political imperatives of our times. Along the way we've been introduced to dehydrated, frozen, microwaved, pre-packaged, and takeaway meals. In 60 years, Australians have gone from food being influenced by our British heritage to having the world on our dinner plate. The Ferrones are embarking on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure from 1950 to the future, to discover how the way we shopped, cooked, and ate has shaped our modern-day lives. In each of the series' seven episodes, this food-loving Australian family of five is throwing away their culinary comforts and kitchen appliances, smartphones and snapchat, and turning their back on its 21st Century lifestyle. We've all heard it at some stage, or even said it … 'back in my day things were better…" or 'you don't know how lucky you've got it these days…" So, what if you could find out if those statements from your parents or grandparents were true? What if you and your family could go back into the past and -live' those bygone days? Well, that's exactly what the Ferrone family has agreed to do. Join Annabel Crabb as we go Back in Time for Dinnerįrom Tuesday 29 May at 8.30pm on ABC & ABC iview, guided by Annabel Crabb, one Australian family goes on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how the post-World War II revolution in the food we eat has transformed the way we live, the fabric of the nation and defined the roles of men and women over the past 60 years.
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