What the Victorians Did for Us is a 2001 BBCdocumentary 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.
— Adam Hart-Davis
Victorians standardised the rules for association football, or soccer, based on a range of games already played, such as the Eton wall game.
Walter Clopton Wingfield invented the game of lawn tennis, which allowed young men and women to socialise together, and to get more exercise than by playing the sedate game of croquet.
Victorians set down rules for formal dining, and invented the fish knife. Mrs Beeton documented recipes and how to run a household.
Florence Nightingale recorded extensive details of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, and used these statistics to demonstrate to a Royal Commission the effectiveness of simple hygiene in reducing unnecessary deaths.
what, victorians, 2001, documentary, series, that, examines, impact, victorian, modern, society, concentrates, primarily, scientific, social, advances, which, bore, industrial, revolution, standards, polite, society, today, genredocumentarypresented, byadam, h. 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 What the Victorians Did for UsGenreDocumentaryPresented byAdam Hart DavisCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of episodes8ProductionProducersCaroline van den BrulCameron BalbirniePrim BathAnnabel GillingsEditorsBen GilesDavid MurrayRunning time23 minutesDistributorBBCReleaseOriginal networkBBC TwoOriginal release3 September 2001 09 03 22 October 2001 2001 10 22 ChronologyPreceded byWhat the Romans Did for UsFollowed byWhat the Tudors Did for Us Contents 1 Episodes 1 1 Speed Merchants 1 2 Playing God 1 3 Rule Makers 1 4 Crime and Punishment 1 5 Social Progress 1 6 Pleasure Seekers 1 7 Making It Big 1 8 Conquerors 2 External linksEpisodes EditSpeed Merchants Edit Video on YouTube Playing God Edit Video on YouTube Rule Makers Edit Video on YouTube 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 Adam Hart Davis Victorians standardised the rules for association football or soccer based on a range of games already played such as the Eton wall game Walter Clopton Wingfield invented the game of lawn tennis which allowed young men and women to socialise together and to get more exercise than by playing the sedate game of croquet Victorians set down rules for formal dining and invented the fish knife Mrs Beeton documented recipes and how to run a household Florence Nightingale recorded extensive details of wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and used these statistics to demonstrate to a Royal Commission the effectiveness of simple hygiene in reducing unnecessary deaths In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev formulated the periodic table of the chemical elements including gaps where as yet undiscovered elements would fit Joseph Whitworth devised a series of standards for engineering and built a rifle with an accurately rifled barrel Greenwich Observatory was used to define the official time for the whole country and the zero line of longitude Crime and Punishment Edit Video on YouTube Social Progress Edit Video on YouTube Pleasure Seekers Edit Video on YouTube Making It Big Edit Video on YouTube Conquerors Edit Video on YouTubeExternal links EditWhat the Victorians Did for Us at BBC Online What the Victorians Did for Us at IMDb This article related to a BBC television programme is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article relating to a non fiction television series in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title What the Victorians Did for Us amp oldid 1097326242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
