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This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
Michael Buerk discovers how bold Victorian experiments and cathedrals of medicine built Britain and revolutionised the medical world. He begins in Edinburgh with murderers Burke and Hare, revealing the gruesome roots of modern anatomy and the macabre justice dolled out for those caught flaunting the system. He then travels to the operating theatre of Old St Thomas' Hospital in London for a hands-on lesson in Victorian surgery.
How the Victorians instituted a revolution in law and order.
How Britain's first Super Sewer cleaned up the capital.
How the Victorians took on the world of exploration.
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