Walking Victorian Britain

During the Victorian age, Birmingham became known as "the city of a thousand  trades". Through developments in transport and great institutions an influential modern city was born,

Dr Onyeka Nubia explores Liverpool, which was once the most important port in the Victorian world as it connected Victorian Britain to the Empire and the world beyond.

While in Nottingham, Dr Onyeka visits Nottinghamshire County jail, where he discovers extreme forms of punishment, and he explores the lace industry.

As Dr Onyeka travels through Edinburgh, he explores the city's Old Town, including the first medical school in the country; the city's conditions are explored.

As Dr Onyeka ventures through parts of London, which can be seen as the heart of Victorian Britain, he learns how Victorian Londoners spent their spare time.

Onyeka visits Lancashire and West Yorkshire to learn how cotton was Britain's greatest export in the 19th century; Onyeka begins his walk into Queen Street Mill.