Jobs In The Victorian Era: Workhouses, Rat Catching & The Tanner | Worst Jobs In History

Tony Robinson reveals the grim occupations in Victorian Britain and explains that the workhouse was possibly the most infamous place of employment in the 19th century, and a day of picking oakum reveals the full horror of this sinister location. He also tries his hand at digging railways and rat-catching, as well as perhaps the worst job of them all, the tanner - a vocation that brought with it an intolerable stench and guaranteed social rejection.

Tony Robinson, of Blackadder and Time Team fame, introduces us to the worst jobs in history: occupations that are dangerous, unhealthy, boringly monotonous, disgusting, immoral or otherwise terrible from throughout most of British history.

Tony Robinson investigates life in the underbelly of our history for The Worst Jobs in History.

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