Modern day participants attempt a recreation of daily life as it would have been in Plymouth Colony in 1628.
Episode 1
A New World
Three families and seven individuals attempt to build an authentic working colony in New England, using only 17th-century tools.
Episode 2
Harsh Reality
The cooperative venture gets underway, but the colonists lack motivation; the governor's family receives tragic news.
Episode 3
City of God
Gov. Wyers returns to take charge of his colony; the colonists struggle to shake their modern sensibilities and adhere to restrictive 17th-century laws.
Episode 4
The Outsiders
Food rations are cut in half; colonists must work together to build a new house.
Episode 5
Regime Change
Lay preacher Don Heinz becomes the new governor of the colony.
Episode 6
The Shake Up
A cape merchant arrives to check up on the new venture on behalf of the sponsoring company; clamming, fishing and spar production get underway.
Episode 7
The Reckoning
The harvest is a success; members of the Wampanoag tribe visit the colony.
Episode 8
Judgment Day
The colonists celebrate Michaelmas; after a panel assesses the colony's performance, the participants depart for the 21st century.
Kathryn Walker
Narrator
1979 · ★ 7.1
1988 · ★ 6.5
2016 · ★ 6.9
2010 · ★ 8.0
2025 · ★ 7.3
2009 · ★ 7.8
2009 · ★ 7.6
2025 · ★ 7.6
2023 · ★ 6.7
2023 · ★ 8.4
1997 · ★ 7.4
2016 · ★ 7.6
2014 · ★ 7.6
2015 · ★ 6.8
2015 · ★ 7.4
2024 · ★ 5.9
1991 · ★ 7.3
1981 · ★ 7.2
2018 · ★ 6.9
2017 · ★ 7.3
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