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For the house in Lewiston, New York, see Frontier House (Lewiston, New York).
Frontier House
GenreHistorical reality television
Country of originUnited States United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 min.
Original release
NetworkPBS
ReleaseApril 29 –
May 1, 2002

Frontier House was an educational reality TV series that originally aired on PBS in April 2002. The show, which was filmed over the course of five months, followed the lives of three family groups that agreed to live as homesteaders did on the American frontier in 1883. Each family was given a 160-acre (0.65 km2) plot of land and an allotment of food, supplies, and livestock. They were expected to establish a homestead and complete the tasks necessary to prepare for the harsh Montana winter. At the end of season, before winter struck, each family was judged by a panel of frontier experts and historians, and the likelihood of survival for each group was assessed.

Everyone was given clothing worn in that time period, as well as a deck of cards, and other items. One family received a completed house, another received one unfinished, and a third received nothing at all.

Frontier House followed in the footsteps of the successful The 1900 House, a British series which originally aired on PBS in 2000. Manor House, Colonial House, The 1940s House, and Regency House Party followed the successful series and the latest, Texas Ranch House, aired in May 2006.

Cast

The Brooks Family

  • Rudy Brooks
  • Nate Brooks
  • Kristen Brooks

The Clune Family

  • Gordon Clune
  • Adrienne Clune
  • Aine Clune
  • Justin Clune
  • Conor Clune
  • Tracy Clune

The Glenn Family

  • Mark Glenn
  • Karen Glenn
  • Erinn Patton
  • Logan Patton

Narrator

  • Kathryn Walker

Cheating

The Clune family was caught cheating on several occasions. They secretly put box springs for their bed, sneaked off the compound to sell baked goods and steal fish, and smuggled in shampoo, soap, and makeup. [1]

References

  1. ^ L.A. Times Archives, Attack on the Clunes; PBS' 'Frontier House' focused on the bad and ugly and left out the good, the family insists

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