TV history is shrinking. First came The Secret History of Our Streets, looking at Britain through its archetypal residential roads. Last year, we had Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain, about the impact of individual bombs on our streets. Now, A House Through Time (BBC Two) spent four hour-long episodes delving into the past of a single dwelling in Liverpool.

Thankfully, this narrowing focus didn’t mean a loss of insight. The devil truly was in the detail. It was like lifting a stone to find a microcosmic universe beneath.

This final episode about 62 Falkner Street took us from 1945 to the present day – and our first chance to meet people who actually lived in the four-storey Georgian terrace. The scene-stealer was twinkling octogenarian June Furlong, who posed nude for neighbour John Lennon. “If I’d kept all the letters he sent me, I’d be in blooming South Kensington now, I tell you,” she said, laughing.

We heard first-hand testimony of the Toxteth riots and how the Aids epidemic devastated this bohemian enclave. Miranda, the younger sister of gay resident Mark Merino, spoke movingly about his final days. “We didn’t waste time being morbid. We made every moment as wonderful as possible, because those memories were going to have to last me a long time,” she said, with a heartbreaking, brave smile.