What the Victorians Did For Us
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.
What the Victorians Did For Us - Birth of Cinema
Adam Hart-Davis shows how Victorian cinema began with private viewings through machines called mutoscopes, which worked like giant flick-books.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Buried Alive
Adam Hart-Davis reveals the extraordinary contraptions Victorians devised to guard against being buried alive.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Conquerors
Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovation. He visits Kew Gardens to examine the plants brought back by explorers and demonstrates submarine telegraphy.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Crime and Punishment
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. In this programme, the world of crime and retribution.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Filthy Food
As 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.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Making It Big
A look at the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. This episode examines the successes and failures of Victorian entrepreneurs.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Playing God
Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices for waking the dead.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Pleasure Seekers
Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He discusses the growth of the leisure industry, from seaside ice cream to music halls and theatres.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Rule Makers
Adam 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.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Social Progress
Victorian innovations. How the opportunities in employment and education created the middle classes and gave them such luxuries as their own toilets.
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What the Victorians Did For Us - Speed Merchants
Adam 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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