Filthy Cities

8.0
20111h

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2011

Still image for Filthy Cities season 1 episode 1: Medieval London

1. Medieval London

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

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2. 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.

Still image for Filthy Cities season 1 episode 3: Industrial New York

3. 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.

Cast

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Dan Snow

Self - Presenter

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