What the Victorians Did For Us - Episodes- Followmy.tv

This edition focuses on the Victorian obsession with speed, and the impact of steam power on farming. After visiting the last steam-powered mill in the count... read more

Looks at science and medicine, including devices designed for waking the dead and the eccentric experimenter who reputedly created life.

Hart-Davis finds out how the rules for sports such as tennis and football evolved, and discovers how standardisation in manufacturing made new inventions... read more

Focusing on the Victorian world of crime and retribution, he experiences life on the beat as an early policeman and looks at the forensic tests developed to ... read more

How the opportunities in employment and education created the middle classes and gave them such luxuries as their own toilets, frozen foods, and improved hea... read more

In this edition, he visits Kew Gardens to examine the plants which explorers brought back from abroad and experiences the science of storm prediction. Plus a... read more

The dramatic successes and failures of Victorian entrepreneurs, including William Armstrong, who installed a swing bridge in Newcastle, and Otis whose lift m... read more