What the Victorians Did for Us (2001)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series explores how inventions and ideas from the Victorian era shaped the modern world. It looks at advances in science, industry, and social customs from that time period.

educationalinformativeupbeathistoricalcuriousnostalgicpacedobservational

What happens

What the Victorians Did for Us is a 2001 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Victorian era on modern society. It concentrates primarily on the scientific and social advances of the era, which bore the Industrial Revolution and set the standards for polite society today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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