Learning on ScreenVoices of Victorian Britain
- Synopsis
- Presents a picture of Victorian London, based on a research conducted by the Victorian journalist and founder of ‘Punch’ Henry Mayhew. He accurately transcribed interviews with a wide range of working people as part of a survey of London labour and life. Some of his characters are dramatised, including a rat catcher, a woman who sells dog excrement, a depressed street clown, a maker and purveyor of false eyes, and man who sells descriptions of famous murderers withing a day of their being apprended, and a man who gives street lectures on a flea, a human hair and cheese mites.
- Series
- Timewatch, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 11/2/96.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- London; Victorian life
Credits
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Contributor
- Laurence Rees
- Cast
Jonathan Miller
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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