#THE COLONY SURVIVAL TV SHOW SERIES#
Co-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton (Academy Award winner Kevin Costner), who controls the largest cattle ranch in the United States. Help bring programs like COLONIAL HOUSE to your PBS station. ©2003-04 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. The entire eight-part COLONIAL HOUSE series is available on DVD and VHS via ShopPBS.Ĭolonial House is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York. Executive producers are Beth Hoppe at Thirteen and Leanne Klein at Wall To Wall. "Our disparate group of colonists were catapulted into a life that demanded they set aside their many differences for the sake of survival."ĬOLONIAL HOUSE is a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Wall To Wall Television in association with Channel 4 (U.K.).
"Not only does COLONIAL HOUSE capture the drama of everyday life in a small colony but it also shows how ordinary people cope - or in many cases, don't cope - when removed from all that is familiar and comforting to them in the modern world," said series producer Sallie Clement. Among the points of dissension that arise in the colony are: the rigid class and gender roles, mandatory religious observance, and the puritanical civil laws of the era, particularly those pertaining to profanity. Residing in a 17th-century environment cultivated from extensive research, the colonists negotiate personal and communal challenges as they deal with the demoralizing weather, rustic living conditions and backbreaking labor.
The colonists used only the tools and technology of the era. From wearing bright-colored clothing and consuming large amounts of alcohol to testing the laws of the era, early colonists were a vibrant group of individuals." "History often paints a drab picture of our forebears, but they would fit into modern day America better than one might think. "Researching this era, we were surprised - and viewers will be surprised - at the misconceptions about our colonial roots," said Beth Hoppe, executive producer for Thirteen. arrived in their New World on a period tall ship and struggled to create a functioning and profitable colony, like those of America's first settlers, using only the tools and technology of the era. Our intrepid adventurers - men, women, and children from across the U.S.
Think colonial life was all about pious Pilgrims, powdered wigs and freedom for all? Think again! 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, public television's latest hands-on history series from the producers of FRONTIER HOUSE, MANOR HOUSE, and the Peabody Award-winning THE 1900 HOUSE.