The Worst Jobs in History

The Worst Royal Jobs in History (2x2)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 30, 2006

Tony Robinson examines the history of employment opportunities in the royal court, including such roles as lance-maker, laundry woman, fireworker and hall boy. He also offers an insight into one of the worst posts - purple maker - in which the worker was given the task of creating purple items by extracting the colour created when shellfish rotted in urine.