Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.
Adam Hart-Davis shows how Victorian cinema began with private viewings through machines called mutoscopes, which worked like giant flick-books.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis reveals the extraordinary contraptions Victorians devised to guard against being buried alive.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovation. He visits Kew Gardens to examine the plants brought back by explorers and demonstrates submarine telegraphy.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this programme, the world of crime and retribution.
DetailsAs the Victorians began to try more exotic foods, Adam Hart-Davis reveals that poor food-regulation meant treats like this contained anything from animal faeces to wax.
DetailsA look at the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This episode examines the successes and failures of Victorian entrepreneurs.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices for waking the dead.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He discusses the growth of the leisure industry, from seaside ice cream to music halls and theatres.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. A look at how the Victorians defined a range of standards.
DetailsVictorian innovations. How the opportunities in employment and education created the middle classes and gave them such luxuries as their own toilets.
DetailsAdam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed.
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