Colonial House
Colonial House
TV ShowEnded

Colonial House

2004
1 season
8 episodes
DocumentaryReality

Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like when they take up residence in Colonial House. The colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing weather, rustic living conditions and backbreaking labor.

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  • Ep 1

    1.A New World

    17-05-2004

    Governor Wyers and the new colonists, which include three families and seven individuals, arrive in 1628 New England where they must build a colony using tools of the time. The par...

  • Ep 2

    2.Harsh Reality

    17-05-2004

    Assistant governor and lay preacher Don Heinz has his hands full when he finds that the colonists don't all follow the same faith and he soon must take over the duties of governor...

  • Ep 3

    3.City of God

    18-05-2004

    Governor Wyers returns only to find that that majority of the colonists must face punishments due to their modern-day behaviour which clashes with the laws of colonial times. The l...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Outsiders

    18-05-2004

    11 new settlers arrive making the current living situations very cramped so the colonists must now work together to build a new house under orders from the governor.

  • Ep 5

    5.Regime Change

    24-05-2004

    As the colony loses faith in Gov. Wyers, he hands over his two indentured servants and household belongings to help pay for his family's passage home which causes a power shift res...

  • Ep 6

    6.Shake Up

    24-05-2004

    Cape merchant and treasurer Jack Lecza arrives on behalf of the sponsoring company to check up on the new venture causing feelings of pressure and unsettlement amongst the Colonist...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Reckoning

    25-05-2004

    The Colonists feel that they're on the path to growth and prosperity but success doesn't come without a price. Meanwhile, tensions rise between Cape Merchant Lecza and Gov. Heinz.

  • Ep 8

    8.Judgment Day

    25-05-2004

    It's September 29 and the Colonists decorate the village with husks of dried corn, fir boughs and ribbons in celebration of Michaelmas, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. Fin...

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