Filthy Cities

Season 1

2011 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Medieval London

   5 Apr 2011 · 60 min

   Dan Snow discovers how today's London was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

2. 

   2. Revolutionary Paris

   12 Apr 2011 · 60 min

   Just 200 years ago, Paris was famously one of the foulest and smelliest cities in Europe. In this programme historian Dan Snow sniffs out the rotten story of the French revolution.

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   3. Industrial New York

   19 Apr 2011 · 60 min

   Dan Snow travels back to a seething Manhattan in the throes of the industrial revolution. Millions fled persecution, poverty and famine in Europe in the 19th century in search of the Promised Land. When they arrived what they found was even worse than what they'd left behind.