The Great Stink Of 1858
The Great Stink Of 1858 is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 2 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2024.
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44:56The Great Stink Of 1858
Xand van Tulleken traces the story of the Great Stink as it enters its second month. The excrement of nearly 3 million Londoners continued to flow into the Thames, where it was festering under the blazing sun.
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44:52Dr Xand van Tulleken tells how an extraordinary heatwave struck London in the summer in 1858 and a terrible stench began to rise from the River Thames. The city was then the biggest on earth, but despite rapid industrialisation the sanitation was
still medieval.