What the Victorians Did for Us
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Adam Hart-Davis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Distributor | BBC |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 3 September – 22 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | What the Romans Did for Us |
| Followed by | What the Tudors Did for Us |
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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.
In 1875 the Bulldog Club defined the perfect British Bulldog, in a booklet that was circulated to breeders everywhere. From dogs to engineering, from sports to space and time, the world was becoming obsessed by standards, and the rules that defined them. This was the world of the Victorians.
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