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The Victorian era takes its name from Queen Victoria, who ruled between 1837-1901. There were nine British prime ministers during the Victorian era. The Victorians are popularised by famed author Charles Dickens; the technological and social change caused by the industrial revolution; serial killer Jack the Ripper; and the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Find out everything you need to know about the Victorians here…

Beastly Victorians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cat crazy: the Victorian mania for moggies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

18th-century mushroom ketchup | Historical recipe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastThe dark side of Dickens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, sadism and sugared death: 8 scandals that rocked Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroSteve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastThe British empire's divisive legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett: the man who killed Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth

Death & hubris in west Africa: how two British expeditions met with disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastDinosaurs: a Victorian obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dinosaurs: a Victorian obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beastly Victorians: the 19th-century fight for animal rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade: everything you want to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: Victorian beef fritters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real history of Mary Surratt's controversial role in the Lincoln conspiracy

The real Edwin Stanton in Manhunt: the true story of Lincoln’s loyal secretary of war

An obscenity trial that shocked Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Death and alcohol on Victorian canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorians podcast episodes

Rudyard Kipling: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The curious story of the great wheelbarrow craze of the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“There was a general perception that Queen Victoria’s mourning was neither normal nor acceptable”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Arts & Crafts movement: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When was the first international rugby match, and who played in it?

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