Three Welsh families have been hand-picked to live in 1927 for four weeks this autumn.

The families will travel back in time to live life as it was in a mining community in 1927 as part of BBC Wales’ ambitious Coal House television series, which will be broadcast on BBC One Wales and BBC Two.

The Phillips Family are lucky enough to be amongst the chosen three.

* Richie Phillips, 33, is a carpenter, builder and coal merchant

* Stephanie Phillips, 40, is a housewife

* Jade Foley, 16, is Stephanie’s daughter and a pupil at Cowbridge Comprehensive School

* Ryan Foley, 14, is Stephanie’s son and a pupil at Cowbridge Comprehensive School

* Daniel Foley, 8, is Stephanie’s son and a pupil at Y Bont Faen Primary School

* Katie Phillips, 8, is Richie’s daughter and a pupil at Y Bont Faen Primary School

* Rhodri Phillips, 2, is the son of Stephanie and Richie

* Gwennan Phillips, 1, is the daughter of Stephanie and Richie

Richie’s great-grandfather was killed

in the Parc Slip mining disaster and was the same age that Richie is now, with a young family. He says it is a subject that is talked about in his family still.

Richie also says he would do anything to be cut off from hearing gossip about Posh and Becks, Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse, and Steph shares his disinterest in the world of celebrity. He is used to working outdoors so says he will find it strange to work in the mines.

Stephanie has no mining heritage. With six children (two still in nappies) she thinks she will miss her washing machine most of all. She is dreaming about Coal House at night, and every day she thinks of something else she will miss.

She also worries about how much food they get through as a family and how they will cope under 1927 conditions, but she says they live a relatively simple life and hopes they may not have as much of a shock as others.