More than 150 families applied for the opportunity to be one of the three families to taste life in a 1927 south Wales mining town.

We invited 12 short-listed families to a fun but gruelling selection day at Cwrt-y-Gollen army camp where they were tested on initiative, stamina and team-working as well as undergoing psychological tests to find out how they might cope with the stresses of life in the Coal House.

Meet the three families who made the final cut.

Wales Today was at the selection day and put together this report. Can you spot the winners?

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The 12 families were:

The Broome family from Neath, The Griffiths family from Ceredigion, The Edwards family from Tonypandy, The Kirton-Hayes family from Rhyl, The Jones family from Llandrindod Wells, The Jones family from Flint, The Griffiths family from Aberystwyth, The Cadman-Aspinal family from Newport, The Phillips family from the Vale of Glamorgan, The Rawlinson family from Prestatyn, The Mayo family from Caerleon, The Cartwright family from Penarth.