Victorian Workhouse - 24 Hours in the Past - S01 EP04 - Reality TV

[@BanijayHistory]

Watch the fantastic Victorian drama 'The Mill' over on our sister channel All Drama: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXLJoaF7e9aladU

[@harmonymomentofbeing5753]

So there.this is the best I've watched ...so different .btw what town was this and is there a place like this that u can stay in and experience

[@Beth_Amphetamine]

Reel Truth History Documentatries I would love to see these people spent time in middle and upper class too. to really see how all sides lived during these times. And by these people I mean all of them but Ann. Please no more Ann ever again. I cant take it.

[@natanieljames6998]

Wonderfully made! Thank for this...

[@sm3296]

I've just binge watched the series and I'm so disappointed it hasn't continued. It was so well done! Great production, storyline, actors, characters and scenery. Please continue it on and give us more Esther Price!

[@thorn.charmer]

24 Hours in the Past is a really fun series and I had super fun watching it but it was REALLY hard to figure out which was episode 1, 2, 3 and 4!!

[@tiffanychia6646]

Anne is exactly what I think of when I think of politicians. All talk and no work.

[@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760]

Tiffany Chia mate come on I know I may not be the one to say this as I am right wing but this is full on slavery and I think we can all agree on that

[@graceobike2770]

It's a different scenario here

[@graceobike2770]

I liked her

[@tiffanychia6646]

@@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 I wouldn't equate this situation with slavery. They aren't being forced and get to earn a wage after all. I like Anne too, just wish she would have been more of a team player.

[@BJones-yw4dd]

Did you even hear what she said to her "oppressors"? Apparently not. Lots of cowards here, hating on Ann and afraid to stand up and be counted when the going gets rough.

[@bethlovesben]

I feel like they should have had one more episode where they were aristocratic, as it would really highlight the disparities between classes.

[@80sObsess]

That would be amaaaazing!!

[@horselover7744]

I was sad there wasn't this one as well ! (We could have had now their point of view on all of the situations That would have made an even better development for the characters)

[@AutisticallyPaige]

I agree too. For the last day treat them like higher class "Friends with the royals" kind of thing. Such a missed opportunity.

[@joanmaz2835]

I kept waiting for that moment I thought they were slowly moving up the class system till the workhouse ..

[@tei1419]

Ow, that’s what I was expecting

[@emmyg3871]

They all deserve a medal for getting through these four days without killing Ann

[@miladiaz7981]

Facts

[@jewelrylane1032]

They probably all hoped that she would get sacked or jailed without them having to lift a finger then they wouldn't have to deal with her. I am sure they were all happy when the bloke at the pottery said she was too old. hahaha

[@miladiaz7981]

Jewelry Lane lol

[@nullvid]

Emmy can get it

[@robinpesek3657]

Amen!

[@Vizzini_]

The man and woman portraying the owners of the workhouse were really convincing in their roles

[@theresageissler1270]

'Owners'? I 'm not quite sure about it, but I thought the regents of the workhouses were more civil servants who were paid for guarding and leading the inmates - like, for example, a prison director is a civil servant too...

[@sorenlorenson8327]

@@theresageissler1270 they were bUt I think It's jUst a compliment

[@fabledfantasty7343]

I doubt they were owners, more like paid civil servants.

[@avatiede1512]

Agreed! They did an excellent job of getting into their character

[@cflotronsong]

They understood the assignment

[@Arniqua]

Alistair crying in the end hugging his wife is so sweet though.

[@chocobro3198]

Right? Aw, that got me right in the feels. LOL

[@jackbudgen8858]

I wish someone looked at me the way Alistair’s wife looked at him

[@lelreve6996]

I shed a tear too, when he did. :D

[@user-wn8mc1yc1g]

And you can tell she LOVES THAT MAN

[@serinadelmar6012]

I know, that was so adorable 🥰

[@jessejones5985]

If this was a real victorian experience, Ann wouldve died in episode 1.

[@AyubuKK]

Dude 😂

[@punky298705]

🤣

[@davijones2369]

Too true, she'd either have been jailed and starved or just starved. She's an annoying character but complex

[@i__7444]

Exactly. Easily.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

When you realize that this is a dramatization, and that you can't have a dramatization without drama lol. Also, her role was scripted the most. They can't have a 67 year old grandmother doing too much manual labor, or enduring too much hardship. So she sat around reading quite a bit, cooked oat cakes, rested in "solitary", all as a result of scripted rebellion. They even threw in the labor strike specifically for her politically motivated character.

[@00loudog]

Of all the parts Ann could've washed she chooses to wash her feet. I wouldn't have washed my face after that either.

[@sweetlorikeet]

RIGHT? How utterly selfish of her!

[@naturalforme]

And it was so incredibly rude because the others wanted to use the water but couldn't because inconsiderate Ann decided to stick her dirty feet in the water.

[@jamecia90s]

I was so upset, how can you be so old yet so selfish.

[@amoliski]

The other girls weren't going to use the water anyway.

[@NUSORCA]

Cuz she only needed to stay the night

[@cherylT321]

I like the way Tyger changed. In the first episode, he was cavalier and not taking things seriously. By the second and third episodes, he was working really hard and excelling at any task he was given!

[@samalaimukhametova7290]

Солидарна с вами

[@spmamabear]

When this was filmed, Tyger was an 18 year old actor. For a young lad, this immersion will hopefully have done a lot to expand his acting range, as he experienced many things most of us (thankfully) never have to. I'm also noticing Miquita's attitude in general, possibly informed by her having been destitute in the past, is to put her head down and get the job done, and she's adapted really well throughout the series. It appears as if the younger team members adapted better than the more senior ones (Ann especially just did not humble herself to meet the role).

[@kiratheusagiisworkshop5266]

Ann is really testing the limits. It's not modern times, the rights and conditions weren't the same back then. She keeps acting like it's the modern times...

[@jamecia90s]

I know but in real life her views are so old fashioned

[@tylerearly9184]

She was legit the one that said she was so excited to experience what her grandmother went through...? Yet doesn't want to try it..?

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

Women like Ann did exist. They paid heavy prices, but they also worked to inch is closer to where we are today. Don't forget the suffragettes, among others, some who died for the cause.

[@tylerearly9184]

I would like to add her rebelling gave this series more depth. Depth into what happened to those who stood up for themselves. Depth into what would happen if you defied your superior.

[@nusaibahibraheem8183]

But honestly i think she is just acting, so they can show us what happens when you protest.

[@Castelle7]

This should be like a bootcamp for actors when they have a role in a movie about the Victorian era, it could probably really help them get into that mindset.

[@E93209]

Wonderful idea !

[@vizzylotl5623]

Noice 👌🏾

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

I would do it XD

[@hatterymadnessaj3562]

Like les miserables

[@joepollardmagic]

At some drama schools like East 15 the one that I went to they do a thing called living history which is just that. Making you spend time in a vile part of history for a solid week.

[@justlemons4077]

I wish as a reward for completing the 4 days they had a fifth day where they experienced the rich victorian aristocracy.

[@diahan9896]

Except ann

[@moonsadnessss]

i wish

[@anadd6195]

Ikr??

[@tinyflyingdragons9432]

That would be a wonderful reward, educational to.

[@ShadowNinjaPlayzOFFICAL]

@@diahan9896Quite the contrary. Ann is the most remarkable among them (apart from putting her feet in the bath), she is a very admirable and strong willed character. The others who do as they are told and say "She doesn't know when to shut up" remind me of the chinese.

[@oliviablackburn3907]

Ann doesn't seem to understand what taking a stand actually is. You take a stand when injustice is being done. She just refused to do anything and talked a lot. 🤦‍♀️

[@LordofFullmetal]

Right? Demanding fair pay (which ironically, she's probably very against IRL) is taking a stand. Refusing to take a bath is not "taking a stand" - it's just being childish.

[@cherylT321]

She was too entitled as a 21st century Tory!

[@j.d.4697]

And worse, she dragged everyone else down with her, willingly. She never tried to help people avoid injustice, she only cared about not partaking in injustice herself, even if that meant making other people's lives worse.

[@oliviablackburn3907]

@@j.d.4697 exactly. She didn't care that they were being punished for her decisions. That's not what true protesting is.

[@mysterygirl1606]

@@j.d.4697 She's just lucky it wasn't the actual Victorian times...I think she'd have died on DAY 1...her calling the Matron and Master names gave Zoe who was also on laundry extra work for her CHILDISH, BRATTY behaviour. I'm sure if it had been the real Victorian times and she'd done that she would have eventually found herself COMPLETELY HOMELESS!!! The Workhouse was created to help people find work/find their work ethic and get out of the workhouse, hopefully to never return. The workhouse couldn't help people who wouldn't help themselves. In the words of my old manager, "If you can walk and talk, you can work." Which while kind of mean also made perfect sense.

[@shannepieters1789]

They say millenials are lazy, but... I dunno, I don't see Ann lifting a single finger during that interview while the other girls were scrubbjng the floors

[@StKildaBlvd]

Exactly! They were the first to quickly know what was expected, work hard and stop bitching.

[@stargarell779]

Preach

[@amandapollex789]

I believe it's the baby boomers , my grandma acts like this. I think it's their generation

[@LoveliestSailor]

She can barely walk for fuck sake!

[@notapplicable687]

Well to be fair Ann is in her 70s I’m pretty sure at that age nobody would want to be labouring away for hours on end

[@Taschip]

Rip the Camera man/woman who had to stay in Solitary Confinement with Ann.

[@bonniehowell4259]

For some reason the thought of this made me laugh

[@mels7769]

ahahhaahahhahahhaha

[@Alwpiano]

I'd love Ann Widdecombe to meet Katie Hopkins. They'd absolutely clash. I'd love to be a fly on the wall 😂😂😂 Team Katie

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

They probably just left the camera there and edited later

[@sofiacorreia206]

the camera guy with modern clothes and eating a bag of chips during break 😂

[@alejandroojeda1572]

My favourite moment has to be the second day when Tiger reads his diary....just the way he's beaten that day and then he reads this boy's journal and instantly recognized the struggle. And then he wishes this boy COULD come with him into the 21st century. That was Heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time

[@maintenancephone5100]

Yeah I wish to

[@reibubbles2505]

My favorite moment as well. If only that boy from the past would know a boy from the future wishes him well, I think it would have touched his heart.

[@elizabetha2601]

I really enjoyed the diary’s. I really wish we could see them and read them now

[@megrocks3026]

That made me so emotional. These people had to go through this for only 4 days but that boy died without ever seeing a glimpse of hope

[@jayceekxd9666]

@@elizabetha2601 and @MegRocks are SO right This is making me emotional, if only ALL people who went through this horror could come visit the 21st Century

[@erinforster9953]

Zoe trying to make Anne understand something she never even understood as an MP was a nice try. Anne made everything so hard for everyone. I really wonder if they would have come away with different perspectives if she hadn't been there

[@seer1623]

Oh, come on, give the old girl a break. I think she was just playing a role so they could explain what happened to dissenters in those circumstances. I thought she was a hoot, personally.

[@caramellyjelly]

Wasn’t expecting to like Zoe so much! She was such a team-mom.

[@E93209]

She's amazing

[@Kleptari]

And so attractive

[@CutieRingoJoy]

Ikr she also took out his boot she he could sleep properly

[@anoukstarr5564]

Same. At the beginning she was plastered in makeup and looked like a terror, but she was just lovely at all times. Love her. And she's so beautiful without make-up

[@angelosumugat6653]

Same broo on the first episode I already knew I would like her.

[@jessicaable5095]

Anne...sweety. it's one thing rebelling in the workplace, but the workhouse is literally the last resort anyone would take. No one who chooses to go to a workhouse would be trying to change the system. There's no ROOM to change the system, it's either fall in line or get kicked out to starve. They don't want you, they don't need to. They would not hesitate to kick you out. You have no leverage. Think woman, THINK!

[@Kardinaalilintu]

I'm starting to think she doesn't know how to actually think.

[@Sam-zz2lf]

She has been SO annoying the whole time. She's so high and mighty but always refuses to earn her keep. If this were real she would starve, honestly.

[@Carol-Bell]

Samantha Wahl typical politician. They think they know best and tell us how we should live, but live off the work of others.

[@StrawberryNinjaNibbles]

I wonder what she was like as a politician xD

[@serinadelmar6012]

StrawberryNinja Nibbles much like on the show, hypocritical, self-important, deluded, and profoundly out of touch.

[@MariahBunni]

Can they do another season with a different cast and challenges? Maybe what it would be like to work for the family monarchy (king henry the 8th era) ?

[@bulk_manifesto3624]

I expect a more grand finale. Like someone is assume a master then down the hierarchy of servitude

[@MariahBunni]

northern_lights thanks!!!

[@york7201]

maybe even edwardian

[@smolbasso]

@northern_lights While they may pretend it's new. It's still nice to have the episodes upload in good quality as opposed to the few with this or that wrong with it.

[@laurentokunaga5228]

Ya I honestly thought this show would move them up in rank from the bottom to maybe a lord, so they could experience every class

[@eeeguba432]

"Its so animalistic, and degrading" "Boys, the water is warm!" Its all about the angle you look from xd

[@urfavleo07]

Mhm

[@laurenmenzies5397]

Even though it is degrading, you can try to look at the bright side of it.

[@Nooziterp1]

Warm water? Luxury!

[@blueblueyt7542]

I'm so ashamed of the reaction of the women! I think the men had it right!

[@alex-hc3sk]

@@blueblueyt7542 what is there to be ashamed of.. they're not from the victorian period

[@ollieprice1025]

The patience Zoe had with Anne is incredible

[@bonniehowell4259]

You can tell she has a great respect for her elders.

[@angelsspace76]

She was absolutely delightful. Her part was so significant. She neatly was like Clair from outLander plunged full fledged in.

[@laurenmenzies5397]

I can tell that she has a lot of respect for elders

[@dilberthigh]

Ann seems to think that she would have stuck to her principles if she was alive back then. But in reality she would have simply got in line with everyone else. A lifetime of this abuse would make anyone obedient. Ann was only able to be so disobedient because she knew it was the last night with an end to this in sight. I am glad that Zoe told Ann that she has to think about people other than herself as well, when it came to making sure that everyone wasn't being punished for Ann's actions. I think Tyger grew the most during this. Going from thinking it was a joke as "the artful Dodger" to being thankful for the smallest comforts has been interesting. Although I do not blame him a bit for stealing from the dust yard in episode 1.

[@alecklecky]

Very well written comment. I agree with this.

[@themalaysianpatriot3099]

Back in the days, there were a lot of poor people living in the east end and other parts outside London and so they would steal food and valuables to get by.

[@Necroskull388]

Stealing from the bosses was totally justified back then, the only moral complication is that getting caught like Tiger did could heap a lot of trouble on your friends and family.

[@ncot_tech]

Plot twist - Ann wasn’t acting. She was just chosen and put in situations where her natural character would come out best.

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

Plot twist: Anne really time traveled and that was a real matron she backtalked

[@ifrahjama2215]

😂😂😂😂

[@urfavleo07]

@@TheRealJaneSeymour 😂😂😂😂

[@laurenmenzies5397]

They needed someone that has a curtain personality type to show the harshness of the punishments. Ann fitted the role

[@elhombredeoro955]

@@TheRealJaneSeymour how is it like sleeping beside Henry viii for eternity?

[@mattlufcy1254]

As a history teacher, I plan to show this to my 8th graders. Oh, and Alistair is my new hero.

[@victoriavonheals2384]

That's a really great idea! I think a visual representation of what those times were like will allow the kids to remember a lot more than just reading it out of a book. Even more so since this show is so much fun to watch. As someone with a learning disability, that's how it would happen with me. Not only that, but I'd be more inclined to learn more about the subject of each episode.

[@bryantsherman503]

It is very humbling to watch these 4 episodes.

[@qmbikerider4583]

Not Zoe, who everyone agreed was the best and most humble worker? A little sexism there?

[@karlpeart1752]

Remember to tell your pupils that the men and women also ate separately too and not together as pictured here. Plus children could only see their mothers for 1 hour a week if they behaved themselves

[@urfavleo07]

**teleports to ur class in the 2022-2023 school year**

[@MeawMeaw1212]

The men took some water each while Ann just entered the tub with her feet I can't with that ladyyy😩😆😆

[@NotSure109]

After everyone else didn't want to use it at all.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

@@NotSure109 They were just talking about it, doesn't mean they weren't gonna, women are like that, you don't believe their talks but their actions

[@shekinahsuperville8884]

I think it was gross what she did because they still had to wash there self with the water which she stuck her fit in

[@NotSure109]

@@Hhhh22222-w Women don't get children's treatment when it benefits them, but not when they dislike. If they say they're not going to use the water, they are treated like adults, and viewed as forfeiting the water.

[@kymrawlins8099]

She put her feet in after the others said they wasnt going to do it. In reality they would have been expected to wash more than their feet in the same water

[@amandaduckett3093]

You can really tell Anne has never actually lived below the upper class. She is so unbelievably privileged, thinking that she is so smart and amazing for standing up to her oppressors. Shes so relieved that "the 21st century is nothing like this!" . In actuality, it really isnt all that different from today for working class people. You refuse to listen, you starve, its stil like this, but rich people chose to ignore that because they personally dont have to worry about that constantly

[@TiaraSoWavy]

I feel like Ann was put in the show purposefully to teach a lesson on what would happen if you didn’t abide the rules.

[@Iceechibi]

She would have gotten beaten too I bet.

[@kaycollarfeild]

@@Iceechibi most definitely but it wasn't technically allowed. They just did it anyway

[@acfan8253]

They are all paid actors

[@ifrahjama2215]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@tamikilol1965]

@@acfan8253 no

[@kjova251]

My Grandpa was raised in a workhouse after his mother died and his father went to prison. Just reinforces what a strong person he was to have survived it.

[@CassidyStarke]

Grandpa? How old are you?😳

[@williamma2147]

Workhouses were opened until 1948.

[@The_Gallowglass]

People can pull out some extreme strength where hunger is concerned.

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

@@The_Gallowglass True, but it is difficult to sustain over long periods, especially when one is past their "prime." It is understandable why death came at young ages. I would prefer death over the conditions some had to survive.

[@supahfly_uk]

We are all the product of extremely robust ancestors.

[@rubyjowett9890]

Did anyone else really really love how Miquita and Zoe always seemed to be looking after one another, like how at 4:14 they're linking arms, or helping dress each other? idk it just seemed like they always had each other's backs. Very nice to see.

[@elle-iza]

That was the way to survive back in those days. You kept close to family and friends, because you wouldn't have made it on your own.

[@thebasicsofhorsinganddoggi953]

Yeah, I do think it's nice to see them as friends. They are probably around the same age, so they can relate to the same things and therefore help each other.

[@ashlynnheller8400]

Zoe was also such a team mom.

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

I love those too! ❤

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

And when Anne said to Zoey that Maquita needs her was so heartfelt. Tbh Anne can be annoying sometimes but that would make an interesting Tv show or Movie 3 women looking out for eachother, 1 older and 2 younger in Victorian times

[@CoffeeGoblyn]

On the first day, they all looked out of place in their outfits. By the end, they looked like exhausted workers that perfectly fit the time period.

[@jesussaves6625]

I think that's because on the first day they picked their own random assortment of clothing.

[@adamrawn2063]

Well, except for the one thing that films can never capture: the dental health...

[@MHTutorials3D]

Never heard of Alistair, but I like the man

[@pekenpug9466]

Mike Hermes he seems like a sweet heart

[@Anetusn]

Mike Hermes I like him toooo!!!

[@Carol-Bell]

Me too, the things he values came through.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Mike Hermes: Alistair is an actor and comedy impressionist, Mike, best known for his show 'Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'.

[@MsZoedog66]

Me too! He's genuinely lovely

[@robertpearson8798]

My Wife's grandfather escaped one of these places at age 14 and came to Canada after stowing away on a ship with one of his mates. Not hard to understand why. Someone discovered them on the voyage, kept them secret and provided them with food, but told them that when they landed they were on their own and wouldn't be allowed back on board for a return journey. He never visited England again.

[@JerseyDevilJerseyGirl]

Grandad was a badass!!

[@tabitha4135]

They weren’t prisoners they could leave but they had nothing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹

[@robertpearson8798]

@@tabitha4135 Yes. When I use the term “escape” it sort of means the same as “snuck away” without his mother or anyone knowing about it.

[@Sigma.6]

I wish I could escape 🇬🇧 for somewhere like Canada. 😭😭

[@eleanorrigby7897]

​@@Sigma.6 is it really that bad? To us south Asians it seems like an easy place to live 😢

[@sweetlorikeet]

Anne was SO awful this era, not just being lazy but also making things harder - even criticizing Zoe for trying to just get things done around her!!

[@TheLdoggett]

I would imagine that is the role she was given.

[@kc3014]

@@TheLdoggett Not a role Anne is always like that, seen her in another show type thing before, and she had this same attitude lol.

[@RhodaLevy]

You've got to keep perspective, in those days only the rich could afford to get to that age most people in that class never lived past 50... besides Ann pulled her part off perfectly, she was placed in this group with the intent of disention...got to have one worm in the apple or the whole barrel is boaring.

[@theredblurb132]

Tbh in that era she would've starved to death or put aside her pride for the broom.

[@sheep1ewe]

I think on the other side persons like her carracter here where probably more likly to end up in similar facilities.

[@DreamGyrl360]

When you're sharing bath water, everyone needs to wash their faces, first. Just helping lol

[@ladylibertywdc8324]

Top to bottom- hands first, faces, arms, ...then everyone wld do feet last. Same w handwashing dishes: flatware first, then glasses, then plates & pots/pans last.

[@missxlegion7516]

How can u not wash. .

[@sarahnwrap9151]

@@missxlegion7516 when someone washed their fungal feet with the water... nobody is down for pink eye!

[@missxlegion7516]

@@sarahnwrap9151 Ohhh I know that. . I would have not waited around, for someone to stick their feet in, that's for sure. .

[@annegreenwood3624]

grossest part of growing up sharing the bath water yuck

[@princesshuddini]

Allister hugging his wife and crying was sooo sweeeet

[@JordanLink1]

it wasssss

[@IchSunne]

I knowww

[@anvakathazit1102]

It was so sweeeet✨

[@joeymayes9140]

I rewatched it thrice and cried more each time. Mah heart. Excuse me -- mah heaaaaaaaaart. (?)

[@sheenaalexis8710]

It truly was. And you can see the love with the way she's looking up at him...with such love and pride.

[@LovePrettyNailsLady-Jay80]

Tiger surprised me. I thought just by looking at him he'd have a stubborn nature but no, he was a worker and endured the whole thing with dignity. Everyone did. I throughly enjoyed watching this.

[@Rainbow0015]

Everyone except ann, right? She was just kinda being childish

[@kid_monkee]

Tiger and Myquita really surprised me so much with how resiliant they are

[@genesisansbro4936]

Props to all of the extras around them really acting their part and staying in character... how is all of that funded?! They do this for fun?! Makes you wonder how they pull this off.

[@Starday723y]

I was wondering the same thing, I would watch a show about the extras. Do they go home to their regular modern apartments in a car after this? They don't look like it.

[@skully4207]

I dont know much either but they likely have some kind of normal life outside there roles right.??

[@pavlelippert5821]

Same thought!! Id love ton be one of the extras

[@kotabelz7362]

I read in a previous episode that it’s an interactive museum in England.

[@SoulDevoured]

I'm certain some (especially the bosses) are reenactors. Cool people.

[@FaerliKreepi]

Ann would’ve gotten straight beaten for talking to the matron like that.....i loved this series though. I really appreciated Allister getting choked up at the kiln’s beauty last episode and reflecting on how much modern society has lost.

[@DaBetaDog11]

It is so clear that Ann has no understanding of what it’s like to face actual hardship. If she had, she’d know that there comes a point at which it is necessary to bear unfairness and cruelty in order to survive. You simply cannot fight every person who wants to hold you down. You bide your time, take some punches, and slowly work your way up. Blind resistance in the name of morality works in the movies, but rarely in real life.

[@rosannaberckley5515]

This is a tv show. Of course she's gonna act dramatic.

[@afelturnited9701]

If we were plopped In the show, I think that some of us would act the same way, Maybe not instantly disobey but still.

[@samsmom400]

@@afelturnited9701 The difference is that she signed up to do this. She supposedly knew and understood and made a commitment. She failed miserably. You never know what a person's like until you see how they handle a conflict. I absolutely loved all the participants. They really jumped into their roles, but Ann ... worthless.

[@dhexv5947]

I agree

[@gardenjoy5223]

And yet, it was the people like Ann, who took care, that we didn't get stuck in the Victorian Age. That workers actually were paid for their work. And that the wages gradually improved and the working hours declined. Little by little was forced, by people like Ann, who stood up against it. And she was tough enough to handle the unpleasant consequences of hunger and cold. I do not understand how so many people fail to see, that because of people like Ann, we now live a life with much comfort and many pleasures in it.

[@rosieleat6868]

My nan spent time in the workhouse. She was pregnant at the time. A friend paid to get her out. Two husbands who beat her up, 10 kids by three different men. One of them an absolute psychopath. RIP Nanny Tanner. I'll always remember playing cards with you and that you bought me a big doll.

[@ptolemyglenn79]

10 kids by 3 different men? Promiscuous harlot your nan was

[@annie6500]

Who found there inner Victorian award should've gone to Alistair. Zoey cheated when she was managing the dust bins. Alistair always kept to a higher moral standard and was seen actually getting emotional over what they had accomplished in that era. He found the value in things that have been lost in our present day.

[@TampaZeke]

Plus the men had more grueling, backbreaking jobs and were the only ones that had to do overtime while the others ate and drank at the pub.

[@bonniesensai]

i think it should go to tyger his head was into this game the most

[@jewelcool9917]

@@bonniesensai 100% agree

[@chloehills6546]

I think Zoey's shortcomings in this episode are forgivable. I really adore her and she's very adaptable in the series.

[@amandasallada6772]

Absolutely

[@miniryou6904]

There's one bath and she stuck her feet in the first thing she did. That's not very nice towards the others. Couldn't they share like the boys why did she need to do that :/

[@BJones-yw4dd]

Ummmm, as you might have noticed, the others REFUSED. They even SAID SO. Watch it again.

[@miniryou6904]

@@BJones-yw4dd sure but it's a bit selfish to proceed like she did. She could have washed her face then asked again out of kindness to make sure the others really didn't want to, by the last time the lady came in and nagged about them not being washed, then proceeded to put her feet in. Nothing is wrong with her actions since they declined but i will however judge her as selfish bc she could have done what she did in a much better or kinder way.

[@beckymaggie4606]

@@miniryou6904 shes a tory what do you expect

[@heykanhey]

I agree, it was super selfish. She should've scooped water with her hands and put it on herself. I wouldn't wash in her crusty foot juice either.

[@gordonbennett5638]

@@BJones-yw4dd Looked like they were just about to have a go until Anne put her cloven hooves in.

[@morphing_erebus]

It's easy to act self-entitled when you know it's a show and you'll be back in the 21st century in a few days but I don't think Ann would have acted the same if she had really been thrust in the Victorian era. She would have really starved to death.

[@worldpeace1822]

Many of us would have ...

[@vaniwhatelse1311]

@@worldpeace1822 yeah.

[@RancidGravy]

She wouldn't have gotten so old acting the way she does, that's for sure.

[@fnado3000]

Alistair and his wife at the end were so adorable and wholesome. What a beautiful moment to witness. So much love between the two.

[@brucewayne-cn4vd]

Girls: "eew look at that bath, im not touching that" Guys: "How warm is that water?"

[@outori5497]

The girls really were so silly! They could have done like the guys, that would have been what I'd have done at the very least, get some cloth and rub the grime off. What a waste.

[@shannonshaw5865]

@@outori5497 Right?? I would've been so glad to see it to get even a bit clean after everything.

[@arabellat5133]

@@outori5497 Yeah didn't get why they didn't wash the second and third time round. The first time they were about to but then Ann stuck her dirty feet in first.

[@jooseppi4728]

This. after 4 days of not being able to wash I'd be happy to get that clean water to was at :O

[@minniebabi1555]

Yall saying that but would act the same way Edit:also let's not forget we females are sensitive down there

[@bodegibbs779]

Anyone who can stand to be around Anne Widdicombe for 24 hours deserves an award

[@debblouin]

She imagined herself playing a role as one of those who championed the fight against “the man”. It’s total affectation beyond the role she was supposed to play.

[@tonyclough9844]

Ann Widdicombe isnt married wonder why

[@BJones-yw4dd]

Apparently you hate strong women as much as the Victorians did -- too bad for you....

[@tonyclough9844]

@@BJones-yw4dd Ann Widdicombe hasnt been married or I think hasnt had any boyfriends she sure is strong

[@jacksnstaffs8293]

@Ruth Simpson All our politicians are like her. They are spoilt little brats who have no idea what life in the real world is.

[@danielhofer3172]

I'm happy that I discovered this series. Watching what life was like In the Victorian era makes me greatly appreciate living in modern times. I know that life is not perfect but it's better now then it was in the past. Thank you to everyone who made this series a reality.

[@Sunnyy3D]

I found it this weekend and now there is a “new” episode? What a coincidence

[@StarMama90]

Exactly my sentiments!

[@justthatonedumbkid7962]

This show and the education is a lie. Don't be fooled by this.

[@Mostspecialusername]

@@justthatonedumbkid7962 Becauseeeeeee?

[@justthatonedumbkid7962]

@@Mostspecialusername It exaggerates history just so we can like our present generation..

[@kwingle]

Ann was so funny and true at first when she worked hard, disciplined those who were silly, and was being honest to herself that she deserved nothing despite working hard and was grateful for 1 penny.. but now she’s on a high horse and it’s annoying.

[@noelbeach8232]

Quite a 180 change

[@Neakbae]

Exactly my thoughts

[@MsShoosh1]

To be sure!

[@Abundanceofjay]

Didn’t watch the whole series just this episode. But hem you think about it she had a point in fighting back, these were horrible conditions.

[@kwingle]

@@Abundanceofjay yeah. But in the victorian era she’d be like.. super dead. Her “morals” and trying to “fight back” is one of the dumbest things you could’ve done

[@goodsoymilk]

I’m surprised Ann was only 67 at the time this was filmed. Not going to lie, I thought she was in her 80’s.

[@Ladynipchick2]

Me too! In that respect, she may have fitted the part! Have you noticed how she's spruced up with hair cut and makeup these past few years, lol? Wonder if this was a bit of a wake up call!

[@peachylady]

Wtf? No way! She looks like she's at least 75.

[@kjw79]

She really needs some physio, speaking from experience.

[@Ladynipchick2]

@@kjw79 You mean that bent over stance? Yes. Again, she seems too have straightened up in last few years. Perhaps these things were mentioned to her or became obvious after the series?

[@Ladynipchick2]

@cosmosspring You can make suprising gains over 60 and into 70's and 80's. Google it! X

[@jessejjyami8909]

Ha! Ann is learning what real work is like. 'I can't believe they're so enthusiastic to just do what they're told', well yeah, that's how normal people in jobs have to live.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Actually, not that is not how normal in jobs have to live. I did real labor work and I can tell you that while I did what I was told, you couldn't pay me to return to labor work. The only thing that I'm grateful for is that it made me appreciate the new job I have now, which isn't labor or blue collar.

[@catelynh1020]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 something to take into consideration is the fact that there were a lot of desperate people waiting for an opening. You walk out the door and might very well be passing the person who would take the chance of a penny or two over death. Your options were to be paid next to nothing or lose out on your job and be paid nothing. You couldn't just go to school to get skills, either, so what your skill was what was you were doing.

[@TimSlee1]

These conditions aren't exactly humane.

[@HattieDame]

Yeah she seemed the most clueless of the bunch. It's like she didn't live in the real world.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

I'm a normal person with a job and I'm not enthusiastic to do what I'm told, I do it because I have to.

[@BelFinnova]

Zoe had enough of Ann at the end 😂 she was DONE with her, but still caring and kind. What a wonderful human!

[@marvicalsenia2086]

Ya

[@billybob8257]

They were remarkably tolerant of ann

[@Shadowboltevilandwicked]

Lol, that’s actually my name and if I was there, I wouldn’t mind it one bit. You get used to it when you work through a garden and be around a farm a lot. But sheesh, the work they had to do back in the days.

[@sorenlorenson8327]

She must have also been aware she was on camera

[@extremeclean2680]

Ann was so grumpy and self-righteous- annoying!

[@LordofFullmetal]

I really wish they'd do a full series of this, with different time periods and countries.

[@brattick123]

yesss I wish!!!

[@KallePihlajasaari]

There are many places in the world where you can go and observe or experience this TODAY simply because of poverty, no cameras to witness it and no rescue after 4 days. There are many off grid living youtube channels where people choose to live with less, even much less, but often seem to keep their digital cameras and internet connections charged and available to share the experience. The rest of us are mostly content to experience it vicariously through others as we would generally prefer not to reduce our standard of living.

[@LordofFullmetal]

@@KallePihlajasaari Did you... Intend to respond to me? Because this comment reads like it was meant for someone else. I'm aware of the existence of poverty and influencers, thank you (I actually grew up in poverty, so it's almost insulting for you to try to "educate" me on it), but that's not at all the same thing as what I'm talking about.

[@KallePihlajasaari]

@ It was in response to your comment. Not intended to diminish your experience in any way, poverty too is relative and my experience may exceed your own, no need to be touchy when someone is offering advice. I simply wanted to give you a heads up that amateur videographers are doing what you suggest and many real people in the world are living in conditions that are more primitive than the Victorian era still today. Documentaries are out there by real researchers instead of script writers (though there is sure to be some overlap) and many cultures have been filmed over the decades.

[@ferenczbabinszki7699]

She said "it's so Animalistic". I was in a child in Europe and spent most of my summers on the farm with my grandmother. The houses in the village did not have running water (im sure its like that today), but I took a bath once a week like that, standing in a tub and grandma pouring water over me to clean me up. that was back in 1986. I since have moved to America. It brought us closer. You still do those things today, bathing your child, except this time in a bath tub. Even though it was primitive and "animalistic" I deeply cherish those memories with my grandmother. Love you grandma, R.I.P.

[@lidac.wurschmidt8955]

I grew up in a farm in south america, we had running water but it would frequently go out of service, our shower was uselesss cause there was not enough pressure of water, so we had to bathe similarly, im 25 btw, not uncommon at all

[@gimmemore9709]

I'm English and our mums used to bath us in the kitchen sink when we were little that was early 80s 🤣

[@SoulDevoured]

I've had bucket baths and sponge baths in the hospital. I think the worst of that scenario like the women said was just not having privacy.

[@SoulDevoured]

@@gimmemore9709 small dogs, cats, and babies work better in a sink that a tub. Less back bending + most modern sinks have a dish hose.

[@saragarofano9727]

She has some maturing to do

[@PleaseNThankYou]

Binge watched all 4 segments... Favorite was Coach Inn segment. The producers really went all out on authenticity!!

[@anvakathazit1102]

Same!

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Me, too, tonight!

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

5un5hine Why? Do you know?

[@chris7brook]

@@5un5hinex why?

[@harrisonwhitman4419]

5un5hine how come?

[@TaDarling1]

At a time when they needed to survive as a group and help each other, Anne continued to be the "odd man out" and kept doing things that put the survival of the group in jeopardy...and she didn't care!

[@christinelavoie2644]

That was my problem with Ann's behaviour, regardless of whether a rebellious stance would have advanced society or not. With _this_ group her actions were harmful.

[@Elketjeable]

Because she only cares for herself.. She's not a rebel with a respectable goal, she's a rebel only for her own goals..

[@TaDarling1]

@@Elketjeable I agree. I also think Anne was playing a game ...knowing that everything they did would be on "tele" so people would see her as some sort of Victorian era Suffragette. Had this been 'for real' her actions would have made her a sick, impoverished (and possibly dead) old woman.

[@Elketjeable]

@@TaDarling1 I couldn't have said it better..

[@BJones-yw4dd]

@@christinelavoie2644 How so? She was separate and given other tasks.

[@anahgrimaldi6718]

They need to make a series of this! It’s eye opening and wonderful to see some of what people went through back then

[@qtpr8675]

I'm glad Zoey stood up against Ann

[@monkiram]

Same!

[@verifyingaccount2624]

Zoe went from a dainty beauty to a diamond in the rough with a heart of gold

[@BrooklynKitty852]

The group talking badly about Ann at their dinner is giving me JOY!

[@hannahbeadnell21]

sameeeeee

[@aleera8257]

Imagine getting joy by hating on an old person, yet again you are a kpop stan so it makes sense.

[@peekahoe7856]

@@aleera8257 bru did you not see how she was acting?

[@foreverzhaoliying2779]

@@aleera8257 what does Kpop stans have to do with old people? Who hurt you?😶

[@aleera8257]

@@foreverzhaoliying2779 kpop stans are literally crazy I'd not be surprised if they went out of their way to go after even old people to try to cAnCeL them

[@JustHereForTheTea]

I can't believe how not one of those women wanted to jump in that water. I'm with the men - YES A BATH. This is just the best show I've ever seen. I'm always far far faaarrr more interested in how regular people lived than in the upper class parties and drama. Wish they had made more of these for different time periods.

[@strbbry]

I think the women did it so they wouldn’t have to share bath water as none of them have bathed for 4 days so it would just make it fair until the third woman put her feet in there and had a lovely few minutes 🌝

[@ladylaura8038]

I hate it when they refuse to comply with the rules isn’t that why they’re doing this? The actual Victorians had no choice in the workhouse, Ann is just ridiculous she had no idea she was supposed to learn something from the history of her country. She would have been in an alley selling herself but I guess she would have been self employed.

[@afelturnited9701]

This is a test for how they would survive in the era. I know that she would probably act differently if she was born in that time. But this is the 2020s, Most of us don’t act like back then.

[@joilisch]

@@afelturnited9701 Meaning, they wouldn't survive. So she got the answer to that pretty early in the series.

[@afelturnited9701]

@@joilisch true

[@teacupalice]

I think you’re a bit clueless if you think there wouldn’t be people acting like Ann, anyone could fall into hard times and end up in the workhouse even people who were once rich.

[@ladylaura8038]

@ yes, but ppl in the workhouse didn’t choose to be there as with Ann she did agree to go on a period show and act a fool.

[@Kenshiroit]

I dont think Ann should had been part of this show, unless the instructor is telling her what to do and behave, to show victorian punishments and such

[@Kenshiroit]

@49jubilee what???

[@sriwidiani5068]

I think they did... Because no way they didn't right?

[@heykanhey]

She didn't respect the process. The people back then didn't have the luxury of complaining as much as she did.

[@bonniehowell4259]

It's all scripted. The producers probably picked Ann because she seemed to naturally fit into the role of stubborn politician who likes to voice their opinion... . Like you said: they wanted to show the harsh reality of the Victorian era. You really can't showcase of those times if everyone gets along and and afraid they're going to mess up.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

@@bonniehowell4259 exactly as you say. What concerns me is all the mad people in the comments convinced it all “just happens” I mean, how slow are people today? Makes me quite depressed.

[@rohanspen8170]

Girls: **complains about the dirtied water because of ann (which is reasonable)** Boys: *_oh yeah they're groovin_*

[@DavidLinn]

more like "oh yeah! warm water!"

[@peachycream8674]

The room is very large for solitary confinement...and very clean. I’ve seen real literally rooms the size of a broom closet covered in grime, rodents, bugs, and questionable things. Ann was lucky it wasn’t completely accurate in harshness.

[@scottmaclaren4695]

For real I've done months at a time in solitary confinement tiny cell rotten food and three cold showers a week

[@laurieb3703]

@@scottmaclaren4695 how did you not go crazy!?

[@johnnybird5466]

@@scottmaclaren4695 That's awful. Do they at least give you books? I swear I would go insane.

[@lisamills161]

@@scottmaclaren4695 Have you really you fantasist...I highly doubt it

[@mannequinn_made420]

Ann is just annoying. She only seems to have standards and morals when it may benefit her 🙄 she’s selfish and has no care how her action effect others 😐 Smdh.

[@chocobro3198]

I do agree to a degree. But at least it gives us more insight in how defiant people were dealt with in the 19th century. Though, of course, were it truly in that era, she'd have gotten off far worse. I think she's very aware that in the end, she can't wind up getting truly in trouble since it's not actually real, which takes away even more of the integrity.

[@michak.2760]

She is a former politician. Your comment is excatly describing 99% of goverments world wide.

[@outori5497]

Yes she really annoyed me. But it made for good controversy in the show. Someone to really head-desk to.

[@NotSure109]

She lost her job twice standing up for others in this series...

[@schmootheonly]

classic Conservative behaviour

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Isn't it strange that Anne only switched from Conservative to labour when she was living as a poor worker?

[@milacruz3970]

Not strange at all

[@meeksde]

tasha cork Call me cynical but EVERYONE operates out of their own self interest. You,me, Jesus, mother Theresa, the Beatles...everyone.

[@zachariahtuttle3543]

explain how the two are mutually exclusive. cuz I don't think they are.

[@Amblin80s]

​@@meeksde you and the beatles, yeah. The others, not so much.

[@wehtam4807]

If the conservatives had their way the workhouse would still exist.

[@kkdinogirl]

I love how the girls where complaining and then it just cuts to the men tap dancing-

[@distortednames9669]

Lol

[@lordvoldemort5586]

The men have the right attitude. If they are to survive the work house you need to keep spirits up.

[@venus_envy]

*women, not girls. Or else say boys, not men. It's weird to say girls and men, you know?

[@venus_envy]

@@lordvoldemort5586 That was before they'd been put to work, they weren't dancing anymore by the middle of the day.

[@lordvoldemort5586]

@@venus_envy still they keep working and didn't complain too much

[@em-jaytaylor6743]

Anne was perfectly cast in this one. They may have been ascribed a “role” but she behaved as Miss Widdecombe has always behaved throughout her life. Self important, rude, selfish, unimaginative. Not a team player who displays the arrogance of a certain type of upper-middle-class English Conservative. Anne is an intelligent woman who, despite presumably understanding that this was an experiment seemed unable to comprehend that her opinion within such circumstances would have been utterly irrelevant and she couldn’t put her ego aside even when it negatively effected those around her. She was perfectly cast as her historical self and very much the person I’ve heard speaking publicly and when in person.

[@pseudonymousentity5334]

agreed

[@bewilderedbrit8928]

Must have voted remain 😂

[@davidsmith8997]

@@bewilderedbrit8928 Yes. They can tell a useless hypocrite when they see one versus believing liars.

[@CH-xq6if]

​@@bewilderedbrit8928 Ann Widdecombe? Hard right, anti-europe, uberprivileged Ann Widdecombe? I doubt she voted remain.

[@sutty85]

Oh shut up Like labour have done anything worthy.😂

[@elisabethmather5174]

“Solitary Confinement” being “Stay in this room with the cameraman and talk to him about this...” I’m not completely sure that’s what “Solitary confinement” means

[@SoulDevoured]

I assume they left her alone for periods but just having a light would have greatly improved it compared to how people really experienced it

[@elisabethmather5174]

SoulDevoured assuming she even had a light during that period

[@SoulDevoured]

@@elisabethmather5174 yeah I can't imagine they left her in the dark most of the time.

[@nessamillikan6247]

I know, right? These people, particularly Ann, only had a taste of what Victorian England was like for the working class. If this were real, Ann would have been backhanded, beaten and left in that solitary confinement for a lot longer than the few hours she was there. There's no way they could portray the full reality on the show.

[@girlsquad224]

It's a "show". And like any "reality shows" I could just guess the producers wanted to capture her perspective personally. And of course they still have liability over their participants. As much many may want the show to be very realistic, it's just not possible.

[@cw4091]

Ann: "I will not steal. I will not go to the pub. I will not skin a rabbit" "Where's your sense of morality?" Also Ann: "I washed all over."

[@E-plunksna]

haha i know right :D so hypocritical, nearly schizophrenic

[@qmbikerider4583]

Also Ann: a rabid anti-worker Conservative IRL.

[@RebeccaJayne5x5]

@@qmbikerider4583 yes I thought exactly the same while watching!

[@elhombredeoro955]

@@qmbikerider4583 She is neither.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@qmbikerider4583 There's conservative workers too. 51:38 I didn't like that Ann was saying there isn't modern marginalized people tho.

[@laurenvega6012]

When ann spoke out, i was like "they cant beat her on tv right?? Im pretty sure they'd beat her"

[@laurencebuigues8709]

yeah at the time she would've been smacked then and there, she probably coudn't have even finished her sentence

[@hihowareya6861]

Legit like she would've either be imprisoned or recieve lashes but then again they wont allow beatings lol

[@urfavleo07]

@@hihowareya6861 fake beatings ig idk how that would happen tho

[@kellyalves756]

@@urfavleo07 Elsewhere I suggested like, a paper clip system. If you say something that would have got you beat, they put a big red paper clip on your collar, and say “ This is where they would have struck you on the ear.” Three clips and you lose a day’s work on assumption of serious injury.

[@junemarie5965]

@@kellyalves756 they're need discipline and help people worse of than their selves

[@chanelhanson9944]

I love how they have all grown closer from this experience. Going through all of this, literally breaking bread together, sleeping on the floor together. You can just tell the difference between the first episode and the last. Its true though, to get through a life like this you would need moral support from those around you.

[@mehdiderrazi6880]

And then there is Ann

[@hshdmy13]

Yeahhhhh like when allastor called colin "Cj" in that one clip shows how they've grown and learned so much with each other by their side

[@newyorkshitty3026]

I loved the guys in this, they truly were giving it their all and barely complaining.

[@supernoodle704]

yeah that’s what i was thinking

[@seggs1270]

And miquita, and zoe in the last 2 episodes she didn't complain much anne needs to rot in jail for the amount of times she got them in trouble

[@swaggyjun9877]

Totally irrelevant but Minho

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

@@seggs1270 it’s all pretty scripted. Becky!

[@seggs1270]

@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 yeah but still anne is annoying asf

[@katiemacneil2372]

Ann not only encouraged the other woman not to wash, she then puts her FEET in FIRST. She is selfish and miserable. I enjoyed her being "punished"

[@LordSadicus]

In my opinion she was not punished enough. XD

[@richardofoz2167]

Ha ha. Me too!

[@robertbailey4243]

👀 that's a little sadistic 😅

[@jilllangman9343]

Katie MacNeil Well someone had to go first.

[@sassyitalian3157]

Vile cU-nT!!

[@sciamhach]

I wish something like this was a retreat/vacation/experience type thing. I'd love to do a sort of "live the history" type thing for all the different eras.

[@AlivetilltheEnd]

Think retreat is the wrong word for it xD

[@lloydjones3504]

errr, are you suggesting something like this.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5vcgJmKesqBfqM

[@bluepotato1354]

I agree! I'd love to go to something like that, it would be really interesting

[@monkiram]

Me too! Yeah I agree not the workhouse or the dustyard lol. But the factory and the inn where they changed horses (I forget the name?) would be good experiences and also other kinds of settings. I heard that in Victorian times, the job that employed the most people was service, so learning what it was like to be a servant in a upperclass house, or a farmer would be cool. Obviously one where you could be upperclass would probably be lots of fun

[@arx754]

I'd want about 6 months to prepare by exercising hard and getting in really great physical shape. Suddenly doing hard, physical labor when you're not used to it is HARD. I'm 65 and a couple of years ago, I got a truckload of mulch to put down in my yard. I shoveled and used a wheel barrow to spread it. Had done the same for years, but this last time, even though I felt fine while doing it, my back was killing me that evening. Not just sore, but I think I tore muscles in my back and spent days in so much pain. Took me a week---and lots of time with a heating pad---to recover. In a situation like these guys are in, being in really good physical shape can make a huge difference re exhaustion, especially if they're not getting enough to eat.

[@emilyzhang5651]

I can imagine how emotional it was for them when it all ended. For them to have worked together and went through such a difficult time together, it brought them closer but when it's finally over, you realise you might miss those memories even if they were tough. They learnt quite a lot about themselves and the Victorian era. The real Victorians had a tougher time than they did. They at least got food even if it they didn't meet the quota, when the 4 days was over, they had family and friends waiting for them, congratulating them, but the real Victorians never had that. All they had was work, work work and more work. Or else they will starve. Let's learn to appreciate the pain and suffering our ancestors went through to bring us where we are right now, in the 21st century, living relatively comfortably with modern technology

[@catvanburen2768]

Aleister getting tears over the beautiful aspects of even the toughest parts of Victorian life make me teary too. I love history so much.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

i think and would hope it made him appreciate that one does not need to live in that era or do that work all the time, even if it was country work. There are many people who got injured, sick, or died doing back-breaking hard labor work in either the country or the city and while some were glad to be earning a living, there were many who left those jobs as quickly as they could and especially in the workhouse. The real workhouses were notoriously bad and difficult. In fact, one person who went into one was so traumatized, after he left, he was always shuddered remembering it and at the idea of going back to them - that man was Joseph Merrick.

[@klynne7943]

Something they didn't address, the violence that would have occurred when disobedience happened and the lack of medical interventions with all the illnesses and injuries that happened. Those two things alone would have killed or maimed many. Even Ann, at 67 would be pressed to survive, much less fight!

[@deborahminter6231]

Very true! Even this show showing the dark side of Victorian poverty was quite light about the plight of the workforce.

[@urfavleo07]

Mhm!

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Yeah but they could not do that it's illegal

[@goose7215]

What about a film? Have reenactors act out the brutal stuff and make them watch it?

[@flannelpillowcase6475]

@@goose7215 i'm down with that

[@latoyaparker3056]

The look on their faces when Ann put her feet in the water 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IyannaSal]

They were like Excuse me did we say you can put hour filthy feet in the bucket luv?

[@LissyVee]

"We haven't washed in 4 days" so obviously the first thing to do is plonk your filthy stinking feet into the water

[@odysseyflyer]

I would distance yourself from this women. The other two girls: Gladly.

[@urfavleo07]

Lol

[@memali2939]

Women, not girls

[@AfricancoolChic]

Aww so sweet how lovingly Alistair's wife looks at him.

[@MariaJoseRangelUwU]

Did Ann really soaked her feet on the water everyone was supposed to use?? That’s disgusting.

[@rpurdy4821]

Not only disgusting, but rude and inconsidetate.

[@madelineb5184]

I mean, if they were supposed to clean their feet, she should have waited until the others had washed their arms, face, places that need to be cleaner and then they could all clean their feet. Just sticking your feet in the water without washing any part of you first would make washing have no effect after that.

[@E-plunksna]

indeed. she is just unbearable

[@gundamgunpla4685]

Not only that, shes the one who talked everyone out of using it in the first place lol

[@protart6027]

Honestly, I do not think that people in a Victorian Workhouse had the luxury to clean themselves with clean water.

[@tlam3028]

Does anyone know the budget of this show, it’s incredibly well made. All the extras and the settings are really well done.

[@ashlynnheller8400]

I believe a lot of this was part of a interactive musem with historical renactors. Ive seen a few.

[@vianjelos]

@@ashlynnheller8400 i think so too. Historical re enactors tend to love what they do so of course they are well immersed into it. I guess thats the biggest differance between them and the stars. Its easier to do something when you are passionate about the era and replicating it.

[@sharonballantyne1735]

Searching Through Horse 💩 To Look for Dog 💩... 🤮

[@hedgewytch88]

Reenactors

[@Miguel-nj6en]

@@ashlynnheller8400 anywhere you can go and do the same thing

[@angelkaterose]

That moment with Alistair and his (I pressume) partner had me tearing up, the way that she was looking up at him with adoring eyes, having obviously missed him, and they hugged and cried, both looking emotional.

[@nomyum7042]

No offence but I think Ann forgot it was all fake.

[@JMac7395]

I don't think she forgot. In fact I think that's exactly why she continued acting the way she did. If this was her reality Ann would've been kicked out or jailed by the second day at that work house. And she would've not been able to a find a job at her age

[@mialuska]

full offence

[@BirdLady2782]

Lol she did she is ridiculous! She wouldn’t have lasted long back then 😂

[@stillfangirlingtoday1468]

@@Valyssi No, just no. Even the people involved with the production were stressed with Anne. They were not playing characters, they were given diaries of what those people experienced to have better insight, but they were playing themselves. Anne's lack of sense comes from her own personality, I'm afraid. She chose to meddle with politics because she was a politician and that made her less useless, they probably chose her to see how her stands today as a conservative would hold up in the victorian period and it was truly interesting and hilarious, oh the irony.

[@BirdLady2782]

@Einzbernねこ they weren’t scripted only the actors like the people playing the bosses were

[@kaitlinr9735]

That old women (Anne?) Didn't to understand that she's not in the 21st century right now, and more importantly, that she's not the most powerful person in that room, she couldn't get away with talking back to her bosses in that way

[@MinaTigre]

Pretty sure people were also beaten back then as well...

[@Anetusn]

Kaitlin R rifht

[@MinaTigre]

@Alannamarie Mock if they did that shed get quiet real quick. But in the end she knew it was only temporary and they couldn't do much to her.

[@kaitlinr9735]

@Alannamarie Mock that's a terrible thing to a person. I don't think the solution was them beating the stubbornness out of her, I think Anne just needed to adapt her mindset to the lower class situation

[@afelturnited9701]

This is temporary. People act differently to situations.

[@gemma2646]

Anne saying "I have never once felt powerless" wow how privileged could you sound saying that.... lucky for some. I dont know anything about her life, but being working class myself, I wish I didn't feel powerless... she has no idea I guess?

[@LawrenceVengeance]

She doesn't want to get off of her high-horse.

[@hansolav5924]

whether you feel powerless or not is up to you personally. it has nothing to do with your situation. you make the situation your own.

[@gemma2646]

@@hansolav5924 it's not like I sit around every day feeling powerless. My life would be miserable if I did that. Just for her to say shes never felt that way is shocking. When there have obviously been times I've felt powerless in different ways. So... yeah...

[@BS-lg7fk]

She's a conservative born into privilege, so no, I can't imagine she has felt powerless, lol

[@j.d.4697]

This particular mixture of real people and real experiences, experts, actors and experimental archaeology is absolutely brilliant. I want more.

[@britishtomlad3679]

I am suprised on how historically accurate the whole series was, well done

[@bettygreenhansen]

Two words: Ruth Goodman

[@mrmusikman8298]

The older woman has the maturity level of a 3 year old and voices her opinion to only gain attention as she gets no attention elsewhere. Sad, just sad. She wouldn't make it a day in the real 19th century.

[@rinkyasmr1361]

The older woman is a tory MP 🤣 says it all

[@cassieoz1702]

@@rinkyasmr1361 i could equally say the older woman is a Catholic; says it all

[@melz6625]

she is a brexiteer after all. so checks out

[@suitepee555]

@@cassieoz1702 this exactly. Self righteous, self pandering, and missing the point entirely of trying to experience life as it was in the past. Don’t tell me what Jesus wouldn’t do. We know what he wouldn’t do, and that’s help all those people in the past who were suffering and still do, so just shut up and play along with the re-enactments that YOU signed up for.

[@lisamarie5937]

I wouldn't be surprised if they had her be petulant so they could show what would happen if someone broke the rules. They went out of their way to include a punishment room so of course they were going to use it.

[@elysafrancisco7240]

Everyone: These shoes are so clunky! Allistair: *step, shuffle, hop, ball change, riffle, riffle*

[@janwheeler87]

In the end Alastair impressed me the most. He took so much of his experience to heart, well done!!

[@maliby93]

Ann acts as if she hadn't agreed to go on this show, why is she even there if she won't do anything she's asked?

[@maunster3414]

Ana Patricia, Ann being naturally outspoken in the here and now played the part of someone outspoken then to illustrate what could happen to an outspoken poor person.

[@Jane-yg3vz]

@@maunster3414 Except they can't beat her like they would have in a real Victorian workhouse. She wouldn't be so outspoken for long.

[@maunster3414]

Jane, so true. I hadn't thought of that.

[@annisarahmat6647]

​@@maunster3414 I'm not sure if it's being outspoken, pure laziness or just being old

[@jabdnskdn9131]

@@Jane-yg3vz true

[@kaushikmalepati2495]

Finished all episodes, i must say, my desire to live in a Victorian era didn't last long as the series progressed. This last day in workhouse must have been to most gruelling. IMO the episode where they worked at an Inn was the most pleasant.

[@Iceechibi]

I like my modern medicine, vaccines and the ability to get food easily.

[@urfavleo07]

@@Iceechibi mhm

[@clawsproductions582]

Can I please be a *rich* Victorian? Or at least be in a not-very-busy pub?

[@aperson2378]

I can’t find any of the others :(

[@sidda7085]

@@aperson2378 click on the channel name, then click the playlists button on the top, scroll down the playlists a little until you see “24hrs in the past”. All 4 videos are there.

[@roseparsons2253]

Anne is lucky those solitary confinement rooms usually had rats and I can't possibly imagine what other horrors were in there maybe blood from beatings? Maybe worse idk

[@Vizzini_]

and extremely cold...I didn't see any blankets in there😲

[@rottytherottski522]

@@Vizzini_ and it was next to the body room, she would have been enjoying the smell of dead bodies from people who couldn’t make it filling the room 24/7.

[@gmcmisty]

Now that you mention that, that would probably be a real aspect maybe other human body fluids.

[@uggggggghhhhh]

is this an educated guess or are you completely imagining this

[@ameliapowell516]

I love how, even though Ann knows the work house is a recreation, she still seems not to realise that the master and matron are not actually Victorians and are not genuinely out to get her. You can't reason with them because they're just sticking to their acting roles😂

[@taylisseraga7021]

If this was the life of the Victorians, imagine the ones that lived in Medieval times.

[@essentialknowledge2365]

I think it's not worse actually, in the industrial times conditions might have been much much harder due to the type of labour and organization of society.

[@taylisseraga7021]

Essential Knowledge You have a point.

[@childrenofthesun471]

It wasnt actually as bad as it was in the Victorian era

[@vanyadolly]

@@essentialknowledge2365 Exactly. Even servants were treated worse during the Victorian period than before. Life was cheap in the industrial age.

[@josephgarcia7030]

@H Sh these are a lot of misconceptions people have about the middle ages (partially due to what's shown in media). While life expectancy was lower due to disease and overall living conditions, you have to remember that those numbers where and average, and people did regularly live to be older. Second peasents houses may have not been large and made of stone, but unlike the dustyard workers they at least did have an entire home for one family, fit with beds and furniture. Peasents in the middle ages where also cleaner that most people think (not as clean as today mind you, but not covered in filth 24/7), they regularly washed their faces, hands, teeth, and clothes, and could even buy new clothes or belts for themselves if they felt like it. The industrial age really decreased the quality of life amongst the lower class.

[@sarahpiaggio2693]

When Ann was punished by having to sleep on her own in that cold place, she said that she was fine and added that she's never felt powerless. I have a suspicion that all her rebellion and demanding her rights was precisely that: an effort to not feel powerless. To accept that kind of belittling treatment without complaint would have been so terrible to her. I think my mother would have behaved the same way because she has a chip on her shoulder about being looked down on for being old.

[@KP-hm1dn]

I suspect some of that and her simply not wanting to do any tasks after the first episode. She hid behind this righteous facade so as to appear like she's contributing.

[@nigen]

The problem I see in these british reality shows and its conditions is that they always remind the participants that this is one a time limit. it will be over in a week, it will be over tomorrow. it lets people feel content to wait out the clock. its like the boys unsupervised where the destroy the entire house in the last few days because they know their have two more days left. would that have been the case if they didn't think anyone was coming back? would Anna have been so smug if she realized she was going to stage in the workhouse longer?

[@tonyclough9844]

Tell me who would want to sleep with Ann Been on her own a long time

[@kotabelz7362]

Honestly Anne was ruining it for everyone, she complains the entirety of the 4 days

[@distortednames9669]

I feel like they choose Ann to be in the show so you'll know what happens when you're going against the rules...

[@marvicalsenia2086]

@@distortednames9669 yup

[@marvicalsenia2086]

Well i think she is just wanting to have a perfect life