Australia’s longest running reality program, The Block, is currently on air in its 16th season.

In this smash-hit realty-renovation program, five couples are converting five run-down houses into five opulent homes in the upmarket bayside suburb of Brighton.

In a new twist, this year’s series is taking viewers on a five-decade time warp from the dawn of the 20th century to the post-war boom of the 1950s. Five period homes from the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, all in decrepit condition, are being transformed by these couples on a huge block of land in one of the most sought after locales in Melbourne.

People 25-54

Channels 9 & 91 / 9Now App / 9now.nine.com.au/the-block