Season 1
3 episodes · 2019
Episode 1. Electric Dreams
2019-05-22 · 60 min
Dr Hannah Fry explores how science and technology transformed Britain in the 1890s, giving rise to the modern world - and many present-day anxieties.
Episode 2. Decadence and Degeneration
2019-05-29 · 60 min
Actor Paul McGann discovers how fears of moral and imperial decline terrified 1890s Britain - informing the daring plays of Oscar Wilde and the fantastical stories of HG Wells.
Episode 3. Seeing and Believing
2019-06-05 · 60 min
Philippa Perry explores the 1890s, where the invention of motion pictures goes hand in hand with a deep belief in the paranormal.