0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Terrible Tudors. Gorgeous Georgians Slimy Stuarts. Vile Victorians
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Woeful wars. Ferocious fights Dingy castles. Daring knights
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Horrors that defy description Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes Punishment from ancient times
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# Roman rotten, rank and ruthless Cavemen savage fierce and toothless
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# Groovy Greeks, brainy sages Mean and measly Middle Ages
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Gory stories we do that
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# And your host a talking rat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# The past is no longer a mystery
0:00:26 > 0:00:27# Welcome to
0:00:27 > 0:00:32# Horrible Histories #
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Hi, I'm a shouty man and I'm here to tell you
0:00:41 > 0:00:43about all new Roman Baths.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46After a hard day watching your slave do all the work,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50why not de-stress in a range of temperature-controlled baths?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53This room is freezing.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57It's supposed to be. It's called the frigidarium.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Now, this room is boiling.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Of course it is, this is the steam room or caldarium.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Where's the nice temperature area? - You mean tepidarium.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Yeah, that one.- Not telling you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- Oh, you're starting to get annoying now, mate.- I get that a lot.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Or you can relax in the library.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- Sh!- (Or you can relax in the library.)
0:01:15 > 0:01:17And there's a state of the art security system
0:01:17 > 0:01:20to make sure your clothes aren't stolen.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It's a slave.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I didn't have enough change for the slave, someone's nicked my toga.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Well, at least the library's useful for something.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Oh, oh. - Whether you're meeting your friends,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33meeting for business or just doing your business.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Tell me you're not? - I most certainly am. Ah.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40The Roman baths is the place to come and just look at the results.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Before... Slightly dirty.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45After... Covered in blood, excrement, pus and wee.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- I'm covered in what? - So, come to the Roman baths today.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And when I say today, I mean this morning.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53The water isn't changed all day.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So, by the afternoon, it's disgustingly dirty.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59And don't miss your chance to get 25% off.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Just take a Roman bath with an open wound on your leg,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05catch gangrene from the dirty water and get 25% off.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Yes, get your leg chopped off to prevent the gangrene from spreading.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12You can find it all in new Roman baths.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Yeah I've just been for a Roman bath, now I need a good wash.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Get away from me, Marco!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Did you know - Romans didn't use soap?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Hm, something we have in common.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Instead they used to clean themselves with olive oil,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34which they'd scrape off with a small metal tool called a stridgel.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Hm, the Romans were a really advanced society,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41but they were surprisingly superstitious.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths
0:02:46 > 0:02:49# They're funny cos they're true
0:02:49 > 0:02:51# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths
0:02:51 > 0:02:54# Hope next time it's not you #
0:02:54 > 0:02:57No, a pine nut. Very nice in salads.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Next!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I said, "Next! Anybody there?"
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Come on, we haven't got for ever.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Well, we have actually but that's not the point. Oh, there you are!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Look, we can see you, mate. You may as well come on out.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12There's nobody to fear here.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14It's just me, Death, and a couple of skeletons.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Sorry about that, I'm just a bit paranoid
0:03:16 > 0:03:18about people trying to kill me.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Well, I've got some good news for you, mate.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Your worries are over, you're already dead, otherwise you wouldn't be here.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Oh, yeah.- So, who are you anyway?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Oh, oh, Domitian, Roman Emperor Domitian.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31And you're paranoid someone wants to kill you, yeah?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Who told you that?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33You did just then.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Oh yeah, I suppose I did, yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Yeah, I am. I had all of the marble in my palace cleaned
0:03:37 > 0:03:41so shiny it was like a mirror, so I could see any strangers approaching.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Watch out, behind you!- Oh!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I'm messing with you, mate, I do that sometimes.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49So, what made you so paranoid?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52When I was younger, soothsayers foretold the exact year,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55day and hour when I would die.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Hey, I'm a fortune teller too.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I predict that this death is going to be stupid.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Yes, very good.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04As you can imagine, when the predicted day came
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- I was like, super duper paranoid. - As you would be.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It was foretold that I would be killed at midday,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12so I spent the whole morning in dread
0:04:12 > 0:04:15until my attendants came and told me that 12 o'clock had long passed.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19The soothsayer was wrong. So, much relieved, I went for a bath and...
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Oh, and er, you were scalded to death, erm, drowned in the bath,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25in the toilets, slipped on the soap, er, swallowed a loofah?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27No, no, I was killed by an assassin.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- But I thought it was long gone midday?- So did I.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It turns out my attendants had lied about the time.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The soothsayers were right. I was killed at 12 on the dot.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37You... They lied to you.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40LAUGHS What time did you think it was?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- 12 hurty? - Well, around then, yeah.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Not 12:30. Hurty. 12 hurty. LAUGHS
0:04:46 > 0:04:48You're through to the afterlife.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49- Thanks very much.- Assassin!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Ah! I'm messing with you, mate.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Quite a joker. - You're already dead. Chillax, man.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Ooh, sometimes I love my job, I do though, I really do.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01# Stupid deaths, stupid deaths
0:05:01 > 0:05:05# Hope next time it's not you. Hoo hoo #
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Factory bosses in Victorian times could be very mean,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14and working conditions were appalling.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16But it wasn't all bad.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19A few employers actually wanted to improve the lives of their workers.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Jolly good!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24In this week's episode of Victorian Undercover Proprietor...
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Sir Titus Salt has gone into the mills where he made his fortune.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He's disguised as one of the workers,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32to see what life is really like for his employees.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38So, what's it like to work in my... This factory?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Noisy.- Sorry, I can't hear you, it's too noisy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43No, no, it's noisy.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- It's smoggy too, it gets into the lungs.- Sorry?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49HE COUGHS
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I see, the smog gets into your lungs.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55No, it gets into the lungs.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- What?- What?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Titus has finally got the message about the terrible conditions
0:06:00 > 0:06:01his employees work in,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04and their living conditions aren't much better.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Wife, kids, here's the new bloke I was telling you about.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Pleased to meet you. Could I possibly use your lavatory?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Our what-atory?- Lavatory.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17A small room outside you use to, er, do your business.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Your business?- No, it's not my business. I'm just a humble worker.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Oh, you said, er, do your business?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Yes, er, toilet. Er, small room you use to poo in.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29ALL: Urgh.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Disgusting, just go in the back yard like everybody else.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35OK.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Oh, will you not stay for your tea?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'd love to. What is for tea?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I think it's... Nothing tonight. We can't afford it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Luckily, we're not that hungry because all the cotton fluff
0:06:44 > 0:06:47from the mill gets in our bellies.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- HE COUGHS - I wish you wouldn't do that.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- I am sorry.- Not wanting to spend any longer living with them
0:06:52 > 0:06:54than he absolutely has to, Titus has decided
0:06:54 > 0:06:58it's time to reveal his true identity to the hovel family.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I expect you're wondering why I brought you here.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04I'm not a humble mill worker. I am, in fact,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07the owner of these here mills - Sir Titus Salt.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- No!- I knew it.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I knew that were a disguise, as soon as I saw the daft, fake beard.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Ow!- So sorry.- It's all right.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Over this past week, well, day, I've experienced first hand
0:07:19 > 0:07:21the hardships of working in one of my mills.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I've seen how tough it is for you to live in such
0:07:23 > 0:07:26a horrible, dirty, filthy, cramped, disgusting little hovel.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Steady on.- So, I'm going to build a new village.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And I'm going to call it Saltaire.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33And it'll be a model village.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- We'll never fit in it. - Not that sort of model village!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39It'll be the model of all a village should be,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41everything you could possibly want will be there -
0:07:41 > 0:07:45fresh air, a hospital, a church.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Even a reading room.- We can't read.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Aye, but your children will be able to.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52For there will be a school there.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Oh!- And you'll even have your own lavatory.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Why would anyone want a small room to poo in?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00And I shall build a new cleaner mill nearby where you can work for me.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm not being funny, but what's in it for you?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Well, happy and healthy people make better workers.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- You've got yourself a deal. - All right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Just one question. - Fire away, my friend.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Are you sure that's not a fake beard? - Don't push it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Next week on Victorian Undercover Proprietor, Lord Lever reveals
0:08:15 > 0:08:18his plans to build his factory workers houses
0:08:18 > 0:08:19which have bathrooms.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- What's a bathroom? - It's a small room with a bath in it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24What's a bath?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26It's where you wash yourself with soap.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28What's soap?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32This is going to be harder than I thought.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36A number of Victorian bosses, er, Sir Titus Salt,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40the Lever Brothers, Joseph Rowntree, and George Cadbury,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42created cleaner, better accommodation
0:08:42 > 0:08:44for their factory employees.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46But did any of them spare a thought
0:08:46 > 0:08:49for how this would affect the factory rats?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Not one, it's an absolute scandal.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Report, Corporal. - The battle is fierce, sir.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We've lost 1,000 men.
0:09:05 > 0:09:091,001. But then so have the enemy, so it's pretty much even Steven.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Then we fight on to victory.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- To victory!- We will never give up.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Never give up.- With one final push, we will reclaim our bucket.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Reclaim our...
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Sorry, it sounded like you said reclaim our bucket.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Yes, reclaim our bucket. - Right, what bucket?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Well, a couple of guys from Modena stole our town's bucket.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29To get it back, the Pope has insisted we launch a full scale war.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Over a bucket? - It's a ceremonial bucket.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33I don't care if it's a magic bucket.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- We've lost 1,000 men.- 1,001.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Sorry, mate, 1,001.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I thought this was a Holy War, church against Empire,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44not some squabble over a bucket.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Captain Liza, any luck?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48No sign of the bucket, sir.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50But I did find this cup.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Oh, Liza, I told you it has to be the bucket.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Well, what does it look like?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Well, it's about so big, erm, made of solid oak, it's got an opening...
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Well, it looks like a bucket!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Can't we just buy a new one?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03No, this bucket is a symbol of Bologna's civic pride,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and we cannot allow those dogs from Modena to take it from us.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09That is why the Pope has commanded we get out there and get it back.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10So, get out there and get it back.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11As you command.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13And, Liza, make sure you don't damage it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I don't want a hole in my bucket, dear Liza.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18HE LAUGHS
0:10:18 > 0:10:21OK, right, on my command then. Charge!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Charge!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Argh!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28It looks like he kicked the bucket.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Too soon?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Fancy going to war over a bucket.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39This next lot were fighting over the Crown of England.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Yes, when Henry I died, his daughter, Matilda,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48wanted to be queen, but her cousin, Stephen, had other ideas.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Let battle commence.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00# Here's the tale of me, Matilda
0:11:00 > 0:11:03# And my fight with cousin Stephen
0:11:03 > 0:11:06# To succeed Henry I's throne
0:11:06 > 0:11:09# My wife's also called Matilda
0:11:09 > 0:11:17# Quite confusing because we choose to claim Matilda's throne's our own
0:11:17 > 0:11:19# I'm Henry, that Matilda's son
0:11:19 > 0:11:24# You got that? Here's the story of our spat
0:11:25 > 0:11:32# Starts in 1135 When King Henry - my father - died
0:11:32 > 0:11:35# And I think you'll find named me
0:11:35 > 0:11:39# Matilda as his heir
0:11:39 > 0:11:42# But his nephew Stephen said
0:11:42 > 0:11:45# That crown should be upon my head
0:11:45 > 0:11:49# I'm a man and men come first
0:11:49 > 0:11:51# What? It's only fair
0:11:53 > 0:11:56# Had married Geoffrey of Anjou Stuck in France, not Waterloo
0:11:56 > 0:11:58# When Steve, without a voulez-vous
0:11:58 > 0:11:59# Took throne from me
0:11:59 > 0:12:02# Should be Dancing Queen
0:12:02 > 0:12:06# Oh, stop causing such a scene
0:12:06 > 0:12:09# Gimme gimme crown and take a chance on me
0:12:09 > 0:12:12# I'm heir to the throne, not you
0:12:12 > 0:12:14# Aha
0:12:14 > 0:12:16# Think you'll get it back, now that I'd like to see
0:12:16 > 0:12:20# Oh, I do, I do, I do
0:12:20 > 0:12:21# Fought in Lincoln
0:12:21 > 0:12:23# She caught me
0:12:23 > 0:12:26# Was proclaimed first English Lady
0:12:26 > 0:12:30# But she made many enemies
0:12:30 > 0:12:33# Remember me? I'm Stephen's wife
0:12:33 > 0:12:37# Made Royal counsellors agree
0:12:37 > 0:12:40# That she lacked femininity
0:12:40 > 0:12:44# Took Stephen's army and besieged her
0:12:44 > 0:12:47# Ugh, more strife
0:12:47 > 0:12:49# I was trapped, so faked my death
0:12:49 > 0:12:51# Hid in coffin, held my breath Escaped
0:12:51 > 0:12:53# You think that I'm impressed?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54# Well, I'm not
0:12:54 > 0:12:57# Just look who I've got
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Your half brother, want to swap?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03# Gimme gimme hubbie
0:13:03 > 0:13:05# And we'll fight again
0:13:05 > 0:13:07# The winner takes it all
0:13:07 > 0:13:08# Aha
0:13:08 > 0:13:10# In Oxford I'll besiege
0:13:10 > 0:13:11# And I'll escape and then
0:13:11 > 0:13:15# I'll join the battle call
0:13:15 > 0:13:18# Age 14, I fought but lost
0:13:18 > 0:13:20# So Uncle Stephen stayed as boss
0:13:21 > 0:13:24# Who should be ruler, mamma?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26# Me-a!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29# Here we go again
0:13:29 > 0:13:31# Sadly my darling Matilda
0:13:31 > 0:13:33# Caught a fever and it killed her
0:13:33 > 0:13:37# I gave up my dream to build a Royal dynasty
0:13:37 > 0:13:39# When my son died
0:13:39 > 0:13:43# Had no heir, which was a bind
0:13:43 > 0:13:46# Gimme gimme crown Cos next in line it's me
0:13:46 > 0:13:48# You can have it when I'm done
0:13:48 > 0:13:50# Aha
0:13:50 > 0:13:53# So Empress Matilda never did make queen
0:13:53 > 0:13:56# The throne went to my son
0:13:56 > 0:13:58# Knowing Mum, knowing you
0:13:58 > 0:14:00# Everybody happy? Good #
0:14:05 > 0:14:08The Georgian era saw a revolution in industry.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You might call it an Industrial Revolution.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Why make textiles by hand
0:14:13 > 0:14:15when you can invent a machine to make them for you?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Morning.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- Morning, Lord Sugar.- Hi.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25This week's task was all about making dosh,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28which is all our tasks are about, so I'll be more specific, Karren.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I asked you to made dosh from textiles.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33So, what's the name of your team, Karren?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Yes, that's right.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35No, what's the name?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Indeed it is.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37No, what is it called?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's what.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40I asked first.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41No, as in Team Watt,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44as in James Watt the Scottish inventor and engineer.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's my name, don't wear it out.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Well, don't I look stupid.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Aye.- No, I don't.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53You're the one that looks stupid cos you got a stupid name.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Nick, please tell me your team's got a more sensible name?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Team Jenny.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Oh, that's much better.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01So I'm guessing you're Jenny?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04No, I'm Mary. The jenny refers to our spinning jenny.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05- What?!- Aye?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Sorry, can I get a rewind, is it me or is she talking nonsense?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11The spinning jenny is a machine, Lord Sugar,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14a multi-spool spinning frame.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Is it me, or is he talking nonsense?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Basically, erm, it's a fancy machine we've just bought
0:15:20 > 0:15:24which enables me to make more yarn in less time than ever before.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I then take Mary's yarn and turn it into fabric on my hand loom
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and our little family business is making more fabric than ever before.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Point of fact, Lord Sugar,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35with the help of the spinning jenny, this family has massively increased
0:15:35 > 0:15:39its weekly textile production to a whopping three kilos.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Three kilos, that's impressive.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42What have you got to say about that, Watt?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44The spinning jenny is all well and good up to a point,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47but there's a limit to what you can do without more power.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48That's where I come in.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You heat water, create steam which makes pressure.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Now, I've perfected an engine
0:15:53 > 0:15:55to harness that power to drive machines.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's called the Watt Steam Engine, named after my good self.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00You, sir, have a massive ego.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Correct.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02- You're going to go far. - Thank you.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04What's your story, handsome?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I own a textile factory, Lord Sugar.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10We use Watt's steam engine to power bigger, faster machines called
0:16:10 > 0:16:12spinning mules, to make the yarn,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and power looms to weave the material.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18My factory is making even more fabric than ever before actually.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19It's true, Lord Sugar.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21With the help of the Watt steam engine,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25the factory business has produced 300 kilos of textiles,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29that's a staggering 100 times as much as the other team.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31So what have you got to say about that then, Team Mary?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Team Jenny.- What?- Aye?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Ours is a family business, we lovingly craft our textiles.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39These factories are just wrong, my wife and I
0:16:39 > 0:16:42will have nothing to do with them. Isn't that right...?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Mind if I come and work for you?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Welcome on board, bump the fist. Boom.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Sorry, love, you can't stop progress.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Oh dear, oh dear. So, what's left of Team Jenny...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Beep, beep, beep, uh-oh! You're fired.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- What?- Aye?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01- What?- What?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Aye, no. What?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24A stink trap is a bend in the toilet pipe
0:17:24 > 0:17:27that stops smells coming up through the drains.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32It was a clever idea. But not all Georgians were quite so sensible.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Check out this politician.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Do you think something needs to be done about
0:17:36 > 0:17:38the appalling levels of poverty in Britain today?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Do you worry about healthcare and hospitals and whatnot?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Do you think poor people should be educated
0:17:44 > 0:17:46to give them a better chance in life?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47No, neither do I.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51My name's Mad Jack Mytton,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53and I want you to elect me MP for Shrewsbury,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56so I can ride expensive racehorses out of windows.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Baaaaargh! Nnn...
0:17:59 > 0:18:04If you vote for me, I guarantee I will go naked duck hunting at night.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07IMITATES DUCK
0:18:07 > 0:18:09But why else should you vote for me?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Well, I'm just an ordinary guy, like you.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15And, yes, I set myself on fire when I've got the hiccups. Who doesn't?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Worth a try, and like you, I also enjoy riding bears.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Giddy up.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22So if you want someone honest,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25someone with integrity and someone connected with real people,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27then vote for someone else.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Don't care. Work's boring.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Vote for who you like, it won't make any difference,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I own the seat and I'm going to fix the result anyway.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Arrrrrgh.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37My name's Mad Jack Mytton,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40and I will be MP for Shrewsbury whether you like it or not.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Saddle the bear. I'm leaving.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Hello, and welcome to the News at When.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02When? 1911, when most of Britain seemed to be on strike,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06including the miners, the dockers and the Transport Union.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08We sent our reporter, Jennifer Townsend,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11to investigate one of the more unusual strikes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Sorry I'm late, the train was delayed,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18obviously because the transport workers are on strike.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Now I've got to find the strike leader.- Hello.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Clear off, sonny, I need to find the strike leader.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Us schoolboys are on strike as well. What do we want?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Shorter school days!
0:19:28 > 0:19:29When do we want them?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Monday to Friday, ideally.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34So your school's come out on strike?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Not just our school,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38schoolboys are striking in 60 cities around the country.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40We figure if everybody else is striking
0:19:40 > 0:19:42for better working conditions, we should as well.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I see. I've heard that you want better school hours.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46What are your other demands?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48What do we want?
0:19:48 > 0:19:49More holidays!
0:19:49 > 0:19:50When do we want them?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Somewhere sunny would be nice.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54We also want to talk about the school leaving age.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55It seems all your demands
0:19:55 > 0:19:58are about spending less time at school working.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Isn't that what everybody wants?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02No. You haven't heard our main demands yet.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Two, four, eight, six, we want more mathematics.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- Shush!- Sorry.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09That one's just his demand. This is the main one.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Two, four, six, eight, no more caning would be great.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14We've had enough of being beaten.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Well, we're not taking any more, we're making a stand.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Griffiths, you've made your point.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Now get back to school or there'll be serious trouble.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And that goes for the rest of you as well. Come on.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Write out 100 times, "I must not strike."
0:20:26 > 0:20:30This is Jennifer Townsend reporting for HH TV News,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33demanding better pay and shorter hours.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35See me afterwards, Townsend.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40What do I want? More rotten food. When do I want it? Now.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Yes, the first schoolboy strike was in Llanelli in Wales.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It didn't last very long,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50but set off copycat school strikes all round Britain.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Yeah, they loved a good protest in the early 1900s.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11May I help you?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Er, 10 Downing Street?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Er, yeah.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Delivery for Prime Minister Asquith.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Prime Minister Asquith.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22So what have you got for the PM?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Er, just these two packages.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Let me guess, it's a couple of suffragettes
0:21:26 > 0:21:28trying to pull another publicity stunt.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29No, we're not.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Votes for women, votes for women,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33votes for women!
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I thought so.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Suffragettes. I should have you both locked up.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Well, you can't.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43It's perfectly legal to have oneself posted via Royal Mail, isn't it?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Yeah, only my poor back's got issue with it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You see, perfectly legal.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Anyway, we needed to engineer a meeting with the PM somehow
0:21:50 > 0:21:53in order to speak to him about getting the law changed
0:21:53 > 0:21:54so that women have the right to vote.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Votes for women.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Votes for women, votes for women,
0:21:57 > 0:21:58votes for women!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00If you want a meeting with the Prime Minister,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02you have to apply through the correct channels.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05What, so he can refuse to see us?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Of course. You're women.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09What would be the point in the Prime Minister keeping you happy?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Can't get him re-elected, you haven't got the right to vote.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Well, that's the whole point.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Votes for women.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Votes for women, votes for women, votes for women!
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Actually, you know what, you are going to get the law changed.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Seriously?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27We're going to make it illegal to send people in the mail.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Ugh!
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Oh!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Ugh!
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Postie, return to sender, please.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Oh, well, it was worth a try.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Votes for women, votes for...
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Ouch, ouch!- Ow!
0:22:53 > 0:22:54I'm a villain.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55I'm a vagrant.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57And I used to be a pickpocket.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Until they caught him and chopped his hands off.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Bring that up, why don't you?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03And this is Real Tudor Hustle,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07the show where real Tudor criminals show you real Tudor scams.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08- What you doing? - What you doing?
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Supposed to be my mate.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15'This fopdoodle thinks she's bought herself a nice plump chicken.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Nice and plump cos I sewed its bottom up, so now it's full of poo.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Fit to eat? It's fit to burst!
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Oi!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32These cod's heads make it all too easy
0:23:32 > 0:23:35when we pull this classic Tudor scam.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Erm, ladies and gentleman, there are pickpockets operating in the area,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44so could you all check your valuables, please. All right.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50'Now the thieves know exactly where everyone's keeping their valuables.'
0:23:55 > 0:23:57A strange woman calls at your house
0:23:57 > 0:24:01and says she's friends with the Fairy Queen. Sounds too good to be true.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02It is.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06'This is Judith Doll Phillips, a notorious Tudor con artist,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08'and she's about to call on her next victim.'
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Hello, I'm a friend of the Fairy Queen.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Oh. Well, I suppose you'd better come in then.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16'Having easily talked her way into the house,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18'next, Judith has a proposition.'
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Oh, now, I'm sensing there is gold in the house?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yes, yes, there is, I've got lots of gold things.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Yes, but I'm sensing there is secret gold,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30there is gold here that you don't know about.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Oh!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Now, I could find it for you,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37but I'll need you to go and get all the gold that you do know about
0:24:37 > 0:24:38and put it in a pile on the floor. OK?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Just go and sit over there and close your eyes, all right?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48OK.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56DOOR CLOSES
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Can I open them yet?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02So remember, with no law keepers around,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04you've got to keep your glaziers open,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07cos if someone's trying to sell you a chicken and they've got a big "F"
0:25:07 > 0:25:11on their forehead, it probably don't stand for free range.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Isn't that right, me old... What are you doing?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- What are you doing? - No, no, no!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Crime was rife in Tudor times.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23There were even criminal training schools
0:25:23 > 0:25:26where you could be taught how to be a pickpocket.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Hey, imagine that, a school for criminals.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32You'd get in trouble for not being naughty!
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Anyway, if you were caught committing a crime,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38the Tudor authorities really left their mark.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40KNOCK AT DOOR Come.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43And you are?
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Edward Doit.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Edward, you do realise that the job that you're applying for,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Steward to Lord Buckingham, is a very responsible one,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54one that requires complete trust?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Well, you're all right there, then, cos I am completely trustworthy.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59You're in no way a liar?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02No. What makes you think that?
0:26:02 > 0:26:03The "P" on your face.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Oh! Well, actually, it's just a birthmark.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I see. It's just having a "P" branded on your forehead
0:26:09 > 0:26:11is a well-known Tudor punishment for being a perjurer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Somebody who lied in court.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Right.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Well, you're all right, cos as I say, it's just a birthmark.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22It's just, it looks very much like a scar left by a branding iron
0:26:22 > 0:26:23on the forehead of a liar.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26No, I admit, it was caused by a branding iron.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Well, Edward, I'm afraid we can't...
0:26:28 > 0:26:31But I'm not a perjurer. And I'm not a liar, absolutely not.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34No, I used to work for a blacksmith and he was working on some perjurers
0:26:34 > 0:26:38one day, and I pulled the branding iron out of the fire and I slipped.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Do you really expect me to believe that you accidentally
0:26:42 > 0:26:45branded yourself in the middle of the forehead?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47OK, no, that's fine, both my hands are up.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49It wasn't an accident.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51OK? But the "P" doesn't stand for perjurer.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53It, erm, it stands for...
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Perfect employee.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59OK, Edward, both hands up, get out.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00OK.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06KNOCK AT DOOR Come.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I'm sorry, I thought we'd been through all this.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12No, no, no, you are confusing me with my twin brother.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16He has a "P" on his head for perjurer,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and I have a "B" on my head for...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Brilliant.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Well, you're exactly the type of person we're looking for.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Congratulations, you've got the job.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Sweet! I mean, sweet...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32as an nut.
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