Filthy Cities
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Seasons | 1
Episodes | 3
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 2011-04-05
Last EP | 2011-04-19
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Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.
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Relesed on | 2011-04-05
1
Medieval London
2011-04-05
Dan Snow discovers how today's London was forged in the filth of the 14th century.
2
Revolutionary Paris
2011-04-12
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.
3
Industrial New York
2011-04-19
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.
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