Absolute History

How The Victorians Revolutionised Tourism | Full Steam Ahead (2020x117)

Air date: Sep 03, 2020

In the final episode, the team find out how the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians. Ruth travels along the beautiful south Devon coast before enjoying a Victorian shopping spree in the capital while Peter finds out what it was like to work on the excursion trains and the impact tourism had on the area.