What the Victorians Did for Us
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| What the Victorians Did for Us | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Adam Hart-Davis |
| Country of origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Caroline van den Brul Cameron Balbirnie Prim Bath Annabel Gillings |
| Editor(s) | Ben Giles David Murray |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Two |
| Original run | September 3 – October 22, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | What the Romans Did for Us |
| Followed by | What the Tudors Did for Us |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
What the Victorians Did for Us is a 2001 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Victorian era on modern society. It concentrates primarily on the scientific and social advances of the era, which bore the Industrial Revolution and set the standards for polite society today.

