Back in Time for the Weekend: The 90s

The Ashby-Hawkins family give up their 21st-century technology and travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950. Guided by presenters Giles Coren and social historian Polly Russell, the family's entire experience is underpinned by the Family Expenditure Survey. The survey gives us the best clue as to what families were doing with their leisure time across five decades. Our family enter the 90s, a decade where new technology arrives at a dizzying pace and increasingly starts to dominate their leisure time. Twelve-year-old Seth finally gets his hands on a games console, while the arrival of the internet and a mobile phone marks the start of the road to how we all spend our spare time now. Steph and Rob go all Billy Ray Cyrus and try out line dancing, and 90s fitness star Mr Motivator pops along to their local gym to put them through their paces. Tommy Walsh and Linda Barker turn up to help give the house and garden a real 90s makeover.