Victorian Slum House

All Episodes 2017
TV-PG

  • Returning Series
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  • 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
  • 55m
  • 4h 35m (5 episodes)
  • Reality
"Victorian Slum House" takes viewers back to the British slums of the 1800s, where a group of modern-day families, couples and individuals recreate life in London’s East End as their forbearers once lived between 1860-1900. Faced with the virtually impossible task of earning enough money to pay the rent and put food on the table, the participants experience first-hand the tough living and working conditions endured by the millions that made up the urban poor in Victorian Britain. It’s an eye-opening experience for the participants as they each confront the harsh realities of the past and together lay the groundwork for welfare reform in the 20th century.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

1x01 The 1860s

Series Premiere

1x01 The 1860s

  • 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z55m

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.

2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

1x02 The 1870s

1x02 The 1870s

  • 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z55m

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.

2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

1x03 The 1880s

1x03 The 1880s

  • 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z55m

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.

2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

1x04 The 1890s

1x04 The 1890s

  • 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z55m

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.

2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

1x05 The 1900s

1x05 The 1900s

  • 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z55m

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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