Rich Lives, Poor Lives

Series 2

4 episodes · Aug 4, 2026

This series will once again feature Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman, who will explore how wealth and class shaped everyday life across four key periods of British history, Roman, Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian. From city streets to grand estates, they’ll uncover how people from all walks of life experienced the past in very different ways.

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  • S2E1

    The Victorians

    Aug 4, 202668m

    Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman discover how some of history's most famous events were experienced by the rich and by the poor. They start by exploring the 1840s Victorian era, when railway mania swept Britain. Rob follows the wealthy Victorians who poured their money into the railway boom, while Ruth investigates the lives of those who built and worked on the railways.

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  • S2E2

    Georgian

    68m
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  • S2E3

    Tudor

    68m
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  • S2E4

    Roman

    68m
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