7.9/1017 votesLoading...#1 - The 1890s
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2016
Enter the 1890s, when mass manufacturing and social reform offer a bit of hope for some of the residents, while others are plagued by a water shortage that dashes hopes for a promising laundry business.
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8.0/1017 votesLoading...#2 - The 1880s
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2016
Despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London, desperate for work. When curious upper-class visitors are permitted to visit the slum as tourists, the participants realize how precarious their situation truly is.
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8.0/1014 votesLoading...#3 - The 1900s
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2016
Observe the social changes the slum dwellers face as they move into the 20th century. A few families prosper, but others continue to face the poverty endemic in Britain. See what steps are finally taken to alleviate the plight of the poor.
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8.3/1023 votesLoading...#4 - The 1860s
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2016
Follow participants as they move into an 1860s tenement made up of sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outhouses. They seek to make a living by matchbox making, wood turning and the rag trade, work once done by their impoverished forebears.
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8.3/1022 votesLoading...#5 - The 1870s
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2016
Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants seeking work. Daily, the slum dwellers toil to fulfill clothing orders and make artificial flowers for factories. Some won’t be able to settle their debts.
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The Worst Episodes of The Victorian Slum
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In the heart of the modern East End of London, a Victorian slum has been recreated and a group of 21st-century people are moving in....
Genre:Reality
Network:BBC Two
Worst Episodes Summary
"The 1890s" is the worst rated episode of "The Victorian Slum". It scored 7.9/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/31/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The 1880s".