British Library
British Library: The Middle Classes
Kathryn Hughes explores the role of the middle class in Victorian society. From economics and social structures to Christian values and life in the home, discover how the Victorian class system operated and what was expected from each...
British Library
British Library: The Origins of a Christmas Carol
Professor Michael Slater MBE explains the background to Charles Dickens's novel, A Christmas Carol, reveals his reasons for writing it, and discusses its monumental success. [12:29]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: History of Britain: Changing Lives: Cities Transformed
Looks at cities of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and the ways in which they were transformed from dirty slums to a sanitized emblem of civic pride during the 19th century. [8:17]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: History of Britain: Rulers & Ruled: Dawn of Democracy
Discusses how and why working men won the vote in 1867 during the mid-Victorian period in England. [9:03]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: History of Britain: Nations & Empire: Indian Mutiny: 1857
Teaches about the Indian mutiny against the East India Tea Company in the Victorian Age, its impact and what lessons Britain learned from it. [5:30]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: History of Britain: Nations & Empire: Scramble for Africa
Video explaining Victorian Era British imperialism through the story of Cecil Rhodes. [4:58]
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: John Stuart Mill: An Introduction
Brief video introducing the work of 19th Century English philosopher, John Stuart Mill, in which Tom Richey provides an overview of Mill's books, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection of Women. [8:23]
Timelines.tv
Timelines Tv: Smallpox Through Time 11: Epidemic on Camera: 1896
Tells the story of years of backlash against Smallpox vaccines and how government policy making them mandatory was finally enforced. [2:54]
British Library
British Library: Gender in 19th Century Britain
Kathryn Hughes explores the repressive and often contradictory expectations of women in middle-class Victorian society while examining how women such as Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning managed to challenge those...
British Library
British Library: The Governess
Kathryn Hughes explains the role of the governess in 19th-century society and literature. Find out more about the duties of a governess, the types of women employed, who employed them, and why their position in middle-class households...
British Library
British Library: Class Mobility in Great Expectations
Professor John Bowen discusses class and social mobility in Charles Dickens's novel, Great Expectations.
British Library
British Library: William Blake's Spiritual Visions
Iain Sinclair visits William Blake's grave and discusses the spiritual visions that made up such a significant part of his life and work. [6:24]
British Library
British Library: William Blake's Radicalism
Iain Sinclair explores the historical background of William Blake's radical writings. [7:27]
British Library
British Library: The Gothic in Great Expectations
"Great Expectations" is a novel full of strange repetitions, hauntings and doublings. In this video, Professor John Bowen explores the work's Gothic motifs. [7:51]
BBC
Bbc Radio 4: Woman's Hour: Princess Beatrice
Listen to an interview with Matthew Dennison, author of the first biography of Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, who devoted her whole life to serving her mother.