Back in Time for Dinner
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Watch: Back in Time for Christmas
Starting with a modest 1940s Christmas and ending with a big, community 1990s holiday celebration, the Campus family experience 60 years of foods, decor and presents.
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Back in Time for Christmas (one-hour special)
THURSDAY DEC. 6 at 8/8:30 NT. The Campus family is giving up their modern Christmas traditions for a taste of holidays past.
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From Slinkys to Elmos: the 20th Century's most iconic Christmas toys
Here are just a few of the things a (lucky) Canadian family might have found under the tree over the last six decades.
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Holiday disasters that were literally a hot mess
We asked you to share your biggest holiday disasters and, boy, did you come through. From turkey trouble to dog drama, here are the best of the worst.
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5 fun Christmas facts to impress (or annoy) your family
From traditional stocking stuffers to imported, artificial Christmas trees, head home for the holidays armed with this Canadian seasonal trivia!
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Watch 'Back in Time For Dinner' Episode 6: The 1990s
After five decades of time travel, the Campus family have made it to the 1990s, the dawn of the Information Age, where the entire world was suddenly available at the click of a mouse and everything seemed possible.
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Dial up the 1990s: Your guide to Episode 6
THURSDAY JULY 19 at 8/8:30 NT. In the season finale of Back in Time for Dinner, we travel back to the decade where middle-class families are navigating the technological, scientific, and economic developments that are fast propelling us into the Millennium.
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Lo-fi fun: how to entertain yourself without the Internet
Watch the Campus family enjoy 60 years worth of analog entertainment on Back in Time for Dinner
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Watch a modern home get a '90s pine-and-plaid makeover
The '90s was a great decade for wood
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In the 1990s Canadians (secretly) invaded America
We were all over America’s TV, radio and movie screens, and they didn’t even know it
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Back in the Day: Food in 5 Different Decades
Canadians from five different decades reminisce about the foods of their childhood.
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Watch 'Back in Time For Dinner' Episode 5: The 1980s
The Campus family enters the 1980s, a decade of big hair, wild fashion and workout wear.
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Take a sharp turn into 1980s: Your guide to Episode 5
THURSDAY JULY 12 at 8/8:30 NT. Back in Time for Dinner's fifth episode dives into the 1980s, a wildly neon decade where many firsts take flight, including the birth of globalization, yuppies and enormous hair!
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From racquetball to jazzercise: A look at iconic '80s fitness trends
In the 1980s, Canadians were determined to have the perfect body, and were willing to try anything to get it.
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Watch a modern home get a glass-and-brass '80s makeover
Here's what happened to the Campus home on the go-go '80s episode of Back in Time for Dinner.
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Food fails: 56 meals from 6 decades
They made Jell-O salad all the time in the 1950s but it's not as easy as it looks
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Which 'Back in Time For Dinner' decade do you belong in?
Ever feel like you were born in the wrong decade? Take this quiz to find out which era you belong in.
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Back in the Day: Pop Culture in 5 Different Decades
Six Canadians talk about their childhood idols.
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Why 1970s fashion and decor should stay buried
“This outfit doesn’t make any sense at all.” Welcome to the wildest, woodiest decade of all.
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Watch 'Back in Time For Dinner' Episode 4: The 1970s
It's the 1970s and the Campus family embraces the earth-tone transformation of their home. The arrival of a life-changing appliance brings Tristan to tears.
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Dangerous '70s toys that would terrify modern parents
It really was a different time. In that it was a time where you were much more likely to suffer serious injury
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Ron MacLean surprises hockey-loving family during 1970s-style Summit Series party
Ron MacLean dropped by the Campus household during the Back in Time for Dinner experiment to explain what the game meant to Canadians in the 1970s.
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Enter the contradictory 1970s: Your guide to Episode 4
THURSDAY JULY 5 at 8/8:30 NT. In the fourth episode of Back in time for Dinner, the Campuses enter a decade where middle class families are searching for safety and adventure, nostalgia and newness all at once.
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Watch a modern, Canadian home get a cozy '70s makeover
In a decade of economic anxiety, the home of the '70s was a warm, welcoming sanctuary.
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Back in the Day: Food in 5 Different Decades
Canadians from five different decades reminisce about the foods of their childhood.
