- Frontier House
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show_name = Frontier House
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genre =Historical reality television
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picture_format =480i (SDTV )
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runtime = 60 min.
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country = Flagicon|USUnited States
network =PBS
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first_aired = April 29, 2002
last_aired = May 1, 2002
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
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website = http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/
imdb_id = 0320010
tv_com_id = 18876"Frontier House" was an educational
reality TV series that originally aired onPBS 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 ashomesteader s did on the American frontier in 1883. Each family was given a 160 acre 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 harshMontana 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.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 ,1940's House , andRegency 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 BrooksThe Clune Family
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Gordon Clune
*Adrienne Clune
*Aine Clune
*Justin Clune
*Conor Clune
*Tracy CluneThe Glenn Family
*Mark Glenn
*Karen Glenn
*Erin Patton
*Logan PattonNarrator
*Kathryn Walker
External links
*imdb title|id=0320010|title=Frontier House
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