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Filthy cities, produced and directed by Jeremy Turner, Episode 1

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Filthy cities, produced and directed by Jeremy Turner, Episode 1

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Filthy cities

Oclc number

911955925

Responsibility statement

produced and directed by Jeremy Turner

Runtime

Summary

Historian Dan Snow gets down and dirty in Medieval grime to discover the hard way how the London we know was forged in the filth of the 14th century. State of the art CGI reveals London's streets as they were 700 years ago and Dan steps into the shoes of a medieval Londoner - wooden platforms designed to help him rise above the disgusting mess underfoot. He spends the night as a medieval muck-raker shifting a staggering six tonnes of excrement, and has a go at medieval butchery to find out what the authorities were up against. Plus, he examines the remains of a plague victim to discover how a catastrophic epidemic would help a new and cleaner London emerge from the muck of the past

Target audience

adult

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