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Victorian Slum House
The 1900s
Season 1
Episode 5
Observe the social changes the slum dwellers face as they move into the 20th century. A few families prosper, but others continue to face the poverty endemic in Britain. See what steps are finally taken to alleviate the plight of the poor.
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London recovers from an economic depression.
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Learn why, despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London.
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Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants.
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Follow participants into a tenement to live and work as their East End ancestors once did.