The Victorians

This article is about the TV series. For other works by that title, see The Victorians (disambiguation).

The Victorians
Genre	Culture
Developed by	BBC
Written by	Jeremy Paxman
Directed by	John Hay
Presented by	Jeremy Paxman
Composers	Chris Nicolaides John Chilton Peter Linlor
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Basil Comely
Producer	John Hay
Production location	United Kingdom
Cinematography	Mike Garner
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC Television
Original release
Network	BBC One BBC HD
Release	15 February (2009-02-15) – 8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)

The Victorians is a 2009 British documentary series which focuses on Victorian art and culture. ^[1] The four-part series is written and presented by Jeremy Paxman and debuted on BBC One at 9:00pm on Sunday 15 February 2009. ^[2]

Episodes

Number	Title	Original airdate	Details
1	Painting the Town	15 February 2009	Jeremy Paxman investigates the most dramatic development of the Victorian age: cities
2	Home Sweet Home	22 February 2009	An exploration of the Victorian home
3	Having It All	1 March 2009	How railways, factories, and military might made Britain the richest country in the world.
4	Dreams and Nightmares	8 March 2009	How artists led a revolt against Victorian values of morality.

Media

A book written by Paxman was published to accompany the series titled The Victorians: Britain Through the Paintings of the Age. ^{[3] [4]} In his introduction, Paxman acknowledged that the Irish writer Neil Hegarty had played a significant role in editing the book and bringing it to completion. Paxman was praised by academics and figures in the publishing industry for acknowledging Hegarty's substantial contribution. In the book, Paxman wrote that all television is a collaborative exercise, "so it is rather silly for this book - which accompanies a television series - to appear with only one name on the cover." ^[5]

A region 2 DVD two disc set The Victorians was released 15 June 2009.

References

1. Midgley, Neil (8 August 2008). "Paxman to interrogate the Victorians for BBC1". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
2. Holmwood, Leigh (16 February 2009). "TV ratings: Paxman's Victorians launches with more than 4m". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
3. "Review of The Victorians: Britain Through the Paintings of the Age by Jeremy Paxman". London: Times Online. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "The Victorian's: Britain through the paintings of the age by Jeremy". Evening Standard. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
5. Flood, Alison (20 March 2009). "Jeremy Paxman too busy to finish his own bestseller". The Guardian. London.

External links

• The Victorians at BBC Online
• Times article by Jeremy Paxman ^{[ dead link ]}, 7 February 2009