Follow participants into a tenement to live and work as their East End ancestors once did.
Follow participants as they move into an 1860s tenement made up of sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outhouses. They seek to make a living by matchbox making, wood turning and the rag trade, work once done by their impoverished forebears.
AIR DATE 5/2/17
In this series, a Victorian tenement in the heart of London’s East End has been painstakingly brought back to life. A group of 21st century people are moving in to experience the tough living and working conditions of the Victorian poor.
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