BBC - The Victorian Slum Series 1 (2016) Part 5 1900s
The Victorian Slum Series 1
Michael Mosley follows the progress of a group of people experiencing the tough living and working conditions of the Victorian poor after moving into a restored Victorian tenement in the heart of London's East End.
Part 5 1900s
In the concluding edition the slum dwellers move into the 20th century and find social change is in the air. Community spirit is embodied by the arrival of the co-operative movement and shopkeepers the Birds have members to look after rather than customers to profit from. The wider world continues to impact on life in the slum and some enjoy a day trip out to the countryside, while the men exercise their right to vote and the women learn what their East End counterparts did in the quest for female suffrage.
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