Filthy Cities

Season 12011

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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3 Episodes

E01 Medieval London

Dan Snow discovers how today's London was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

April 5, 2011

E02 Revolutionary Paris

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.

April 12, 2011

E03 Industrial New York

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.

April 19, 2011

Filthy Cities

E01 Medieval London

E02 Revolutionary Paris

E03 Industrial New York

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E01 Medieval London

E02 Revolutionary Paris

E03 Industrial New York