Science has come a long way since the 1950s. But there's something about the technology from back then that interests some people. In `The House the 50s Built', engineer Brendan Walker discovers the life-changing technology behind the inventions that that launched Britain into the world of the future under its new queen, young Elizabeth II. Walker reconstructs a 1950s-era house to learn, first-hand, what it took to bring about the '50s revolution. Each episode focuses on a room and fast forwards through the decade to showcase how progress in the home triggered social change