Documentary Description
Jeremy Paxman takes his love of Victorian paintings as the starting
point for a journey into Victorian Britain. Such pictures may not be
fashionable today, but they are a goldmine of information about the most
dynamic age in British history.
He investigates the most dramatic event of Victorian Britain: the
explosion of great cities. At first the Victorians feared these new
monsters in their midst, but then grew to love and transform them.
Jeremy explores the canals and sewers, suburbs and back streets,
workhouses and magnificent buildings of the great Victorian city, while
also experiencing the fun-filled chaos of Derby Day.
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