Series 1
Series looking at how London has changed since Charles Booth's survey recording social conditions in 1886, returning to six archetypal London streets.
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1. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Deptford High Street
Looking at Deptford High Street, once seen as 'the Oxford Street of south London'.
2. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Camberwell Grove
Looking at Camberwell Grove, an elegant oddity now set amid the seething inner city.
3. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Caledonian Road
Looking at Caledonian Road, which has always been resolutely working class.
4. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Portland Road
Looking at Portland Road in London's Notting Hill, and its wide diversity of residents.
5. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Reverdy Road
Reverdy Road in Bermondsey has endured as an enclave of working-class respectability.
6. The Secret History of Our Streets: Series 1, Arnold Circus
Arnold Circus is home to the first council estate, which opened in 1896.