Laurence plots the rise of the country house style in the disquieting years of the '70s and '80s when the past became a consolation and an escape from the present. From March 2008.

Bowen hits Manchester to explore the rise of lofts during the 1980s - a change in people's expectations of what homes could be. From April 2008.

A history of shopping for the home from imports from India during colonial times to the Conran-fuelled passion for European design. From April 2008.

Laurence explores new ways to build and run a home for the mass market by visiting an eco-community in Nottingham. From April 2008.

Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our ideas of the home have changed and what the future holds. From April 2008.

Laurence Llewelyn Bowen's history of our homes from the 1920s to the present day, beginning with a profile of the 'father of the English suburb', Charles Voysey. From March 2008.

The modernist social experiment came close to being realised with the blocks of flats built in the early 1930s. From March 2008.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits a pre-fab and considers ways in which the post-war government urged a reluctant public to embrace 'good design'. From March 2008.

Laurence explores how the institution of marriage became a means of coping with skill shortages and design limitations in post-war homes. From March 2008. Show more

Laurence looks at the career of a flamboyant and influential decorator, who became a superstar of the 1960s. From March 2008.