Sundays at 8pm from 7 July

This six-part series, from the makers of The Edwardian Country House, follows three contemporary American families as they journey back in time. They will be competing to find out which family would actually have survived as pioneers in the Montana wilderness of the 1880s.

Selected from more than 5,000 applicants, the three families head west in the spring to spend six months living as homesteaders using only the tools and technology of the period.

During this unique experience, they endure all the harsh realities of frontier life, including extreme weather conditions, encounters with bears and dramatic weight loss.

As the participants set about building a community and preparing themselves for the cruel Montana winter, Frontier House reveals the trials, triumphs, simple pleasures and daily rigours of life as a pioneer.

If you want to cheat and find out how the families fared in the series, check out the PBS American Frontier House website.

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