I was all set to be good tonight and curl up with a book, but got sucked into watching 1940s House instead. Usually I hate "reality tv" stuff. In this show, a family volunteers to live as though they were in war-time England. Crazy. Rations, building a shelter in the back yard, hungry kids, fines for insufficient blackout efforts, air raids, absolutely no luxury or detail from their former lives.
The best part was Ben, the 10 year old, being "fuel warden," and taking his responsibilities very seriously- scolding everyone, turning off lights while people are in the middle of things, and lecturing his mother and grandmother about how much water is allowed to be used for bathing- then making an aside to the camera about how no one takes him seriously.