Kat and Helen Arney present revisionist revelations about our Victorian forebears.
Radio 4,·5 episodes
1. Squirrels
Do grey squirrels prove Victorians were a bunch of environmental vandals?
2. Beards
Why was there a beard explosion under Queen Victoria? And can beards be good for health?
3. Cars
Was the history of the car nearly different? Did the Victorians invent the electric car?
4. Darwinism
Whose idea was more powerful - Darwin's good one or his cousin Francis Galton's awful one?
5. Toilets
Are toilets a case of Victorian genius, or did they flush away our most precious resource?
