Ian Hislop's Age Of The Do-Gooders(2010)
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First Air Date: 2010-11-29
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Ian Hislop rescues the reputation of the maverick 'Do-Gooders' who he believes fixed the 19th century's version of 'broken Britain' in this new history series. Irresistibly easy to mock, these busy bodies are highly unfashionable today. But they are heroes to Ian - extraordinary men and women who precipitated the most remarkable period of social change in British history and, Ian argues, left us with a nation worth living in. And yet unlike notable Victorian royals, inventors, politicians and generals, many of them have been all but forgotten.
Keywords
victorian england19th century
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
Britain's Moral Makeover
Air Date: 2010-11-29
Ian calls William Wilberforce 'the godfather of the Do-Gooders'. Hedonistic man-about-town turned crusader, Wilberfor...
E02
Suffer The Little Children
Air Date: 2010-12-06
Ian Hislop continues his celebration of the dynamic and eccentric Victorian reformers who brought about the most rema...
E03
Sinful Sex and Demon Drink
Air Date: 2010-12-13
The pleasures and perils of booze and sex are the focus for the final episode of Ian Hislop's series about Victorian ...
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