‘Tony Robinson’s Museum Of Us’ Gets October Premiere On More4
For those of you missing Sir Tony Robinson delving into history, More4 may have a new series which interests you, as they announced an October premiere date for ‘Tony Robinson’s Museum Of Us‘.
Described as “detective story meets design challenge”, the series follows Sir Tony as he meets groups of residents from different streets across the UK, helping them to create unique pop-up museums celebrating the hidden history behind their front doors. With the help of an expert design team working with local museums and curators, everyday citizens from four towns and cities – Bristol, Birmingham, Aberystwyth and Norwich – explore their own street’s history and unearth surprising stories and hidden treasures. Working against the clock, the residents, design team and Tony must construct an immersive community museum, ready to open to the public – all in just seven days!
In this first episode, Sir Tony Robinson and the expert design team join forces with the residents of Hebron Road in Bedminster, Bristol, to create a pop-up museum, celebrating the history of their street. While some residents discover the street’s close links to the local chocolate and tobacco factories, another delves into the history of a famous local fraudster who claimed to be foreign royalty. New skills are learned at a welding workshop and an old mystery is solved by delving into the archives.
Meanwhile, the design team struggle to find an available venue for the pop-up, and with only seven days to build the entire exhibition, will the show be ready in time?
“Museum of Us will be celebrating the lives, the histories and the ingenuity of ordinary people, and bringing communities together to make something wonderful. I’m thrilled to be involved,” says Sir Tony.
‘Museum of Us’ was commissioned by Kate Thomas, commissioning editor, Daytime and Features and Jasper Hone, assistant editor, Daytime and Features. The executive producers for Uplands are David Olusoga, Mike Smith and Mary Crisp. The exhibitions are supported by Art Fund and The Space on behalf of Arts Council England, with the participation of Birmingham Museums Trust, Museum of Norwich, M Shed, and Ceredigion Museum.
‘Tony Robinson’s Museum Of Us‘ premieres Monday, 17th October 2022 at 9pm on More4, and will be available on All4.
