Season 1 – Victorian Pharmacy

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Jul 2010

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Life in a 19th-century pharmacy is re-created in this four-part documentary. Historian Ruth Goodman, professor Nick Barber and doctorate student Tom Quick discover how people attempted to cure common ailments beginning at the time of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, when remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and opium potions were commonly used.

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Ruth Goodman

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Nick Barber

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Tom Quick

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David Upshal

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Cassie Braban

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Episode 2

Aired Jul 22, 2010

Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions reach their peak in the 1850s and 60s, causing unprecedented disease; the team makes a "cure all" remedy of rhubarb, licorice, soap and syrup.

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Episode 3

Aired Aug 5, 2010

With new inventions and new laws, narcotics become freely available; arsenic was the most popular poison and found in places from wallpaper to sweets.

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Executive Producer: David Upshal
Network: BBC
Genre: Documentary, History, Special Interest
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jul 22, 2010

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