Signs of the Times: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Signs of the Times originally came about as a collaboration between director Nick Barker and photographer Martin Parr, as a BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary in the 1990s. It is considered an early version of the reality television that is such a mainstay in today's landscape. In order to gain access to people's homes a call out was placed in the national and regional press asking for volunteers for a programme documenting people's homes and tastes. Clearly the British public weren't shy as over two thousand people applied and from that, fifty were chosen from a range of ages, races, genders and social backgrounds.

Series details

• Title: Signs of the Times
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1992-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-02-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 41238
• TVDB ID: 285469

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1992-01-05; final listed air date 1992-02-02; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Signs of the Times on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.