All Episodes of How the Victorians Built Britain

Season 1

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  How Britain Got Moving

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2018

  Michael reveals how Victorian engineers revolutionised public transport, with the inventions of the omnibus, the modern-day bicycle and the London Underground.

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  8.3/1010 votes

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  Saving the Nation's Health

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2018

  Michael reveals how Victorians created the sewer system, providing fresh, clean water for all. The revolution began in Liverpool, which suffered the highest mortality rates in the country. But it took the Great Stink of 1858 to convince Parliament to create a sewer system for the capital.

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  8.0/109 votes

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  The Making of the Modern Home

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2018

  Michael begins his journey by exploring the massive explosion in house-building in the early Victorian period. He reveals how Victorians introduced gas power to the home, transforming the kitchen, lighting, heating and even home entertainment.

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  8.8/109 votes

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  The Birth of the Machines

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2018

  Michael Buerk looks at the creation of mass manufacturing, which meant that goods could be produced at a rate that had never been seen before. In Manchester, he learns how engineer George Stephenson created the first intercity railway, so that cotton could be transported quickly and cheaply from Liverpool docks to Manchester's mills. Michael also discovers how the sewing machine - newly created in 1851 - created the rag trade, and visits what was probably the first shopping mall in the UK, the Burlington Arcade in London.

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