Last yr, Channel 5 launched Rich Lives, Poor Lives, a brand new historical past documentary sequence the place presenters Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman examine key moments in British historical past from the attitude of each the wealthy and the poor. The first episode was The Great Plague with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman. The first episode of sequence 2 is The Victorians with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman, adopted by episodes concerning the Romans and the Georgians.
When is The Victorians with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on TV?
The Victorians with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman is airing on Channel 5 at 9pm on Tuesday 4 August 2026.
What is The Victorians with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman about?
The Victorians with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman will have a look at Victorian Britain at a vital second – the ‘railway mania’ of the 1840s. As the introduction of the railway promised to revolutionise journey in Britain, it attracted frenzied monetary hypothesis. But the inventory market bubble introduced the danger of a crash, with individuals’s livelihoods at stake.
In the programme, Rob Rinder will discover out about real-life rich people who received caught up within the railway increase, together with George Hudson, a businessman generally known as the ‘Railway King’, and Lord Morpeth, an aristocrat who allowed a brand new station to be constructed on his land and unusually opened his grand nation home to strange individuals.
Meanwhile, Ruth Goodman will have a look at the lives of the poor, together with railway navvy Thomas Eaton and Mary Arguile, Britain’s first feminine station mistress.
Who is Rob Rinder?
Robert Rinder is a barrister turned TV presenter, greatest generally known as the decide in actuality TV programme Judge Rinder. In 2018, he explored his household historical past on Who Do You Think You Are? and he has additionally offered historical past programmes together with My Family, the Holocaust and Me, Britain Behind Bars and Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour.
Who is Ruth Goodman?
Ruth Goodman is a historian and TV presenter, recognized for presenting historical past programmes together with Victorian Farm.
