Victorian Workhouse - 24 Hours in the Past - S01 EP04 - Reality TV
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Experience the brutal reality of a Victorian workhouse as six celebrities face gruelling tasks and relentless punishment. Matron's tyranny pushes them to their limits in this eye-opening episode of 24 Hours in the Past. Watch as they struggle to endure the hardships of 19th-century life, shedding light on the harsh conditions faced by the impoverished. Will they survive or succumb to the challenges of the past? Tune in to witness their journey through history.
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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
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.
Wonderfully made! Thank for this...
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!
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!!
I feel like they should have had one more episode where they were aristocratic, as it would really highlight the disparities between classes.
That would be amaaaazing!!
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)
I agree too. For the last day treat them like higher class "Friends with the royals" kind of thing.
Such a missed opportunity.
I kept waiting for that moment I thought they were slowly moving up the class system till the workhouse ..
Ow, that’s what I was expecting
Alistair crying in the end hugging his wife is so sweet though.
Right? Aw, that got me right in the feels. LOL
I wish someone looked at me the way Alistair’s wife looked at him
I shed a tear too, when he did. :D
And you can tell she LOVES THAT MAN
I know, that was so adorable 🥰
The man and woman portraying the owners of the workhouse were really convincing in their roles
'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...
@@theresageissler1270 they were bUt I think It's jUst a compliment
I doubt they were owners, more like paid civil servants.
Agreed! They did an excellent job of getting into their character
They understood the assignment
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. 🤦♀️
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.
She was too entitled as a 21st century Tory!
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.
@@j.d.4697 exactly. She didn't care that they were being punished for her decisions. That's not what true protesting is.
@@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.
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.
Wonderful idea !
Noice 👌🏾
I would do it XD
Like les miserables
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.
They all deserve a medal for getting through these four days without killing Ann
Facts
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
Jewelry Lane lol
Emmy can get it
Amen!
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!
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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
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
Yeah I wish to
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.
I really enjoyed the diary’s. I really wish we could see them and read them now
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
@@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
Wasn’t expecting to like Zoe so much! She was such a team-mom.
She's amazing
And so attractive
Ikr she also took out his boot she he could sleep properly
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
Same broo on the first episode I already knew I would like her.
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.
Grandpa? How old are you?😳
Workhouses were opened until 1948.
People can pull out some extreme strength where hunger is concerned.
@@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.
We are all the product of extremely robust ancestors.
As a history teacher, I plan to show this to my 8th graders.
Oh, and Alistair is my new hero.
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.
It is very humbling to watch these 4 episodes.
Not Zoe, who everyone agreed was the best and most humble worker? A little sexism there?
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
**teleports to ur class in the 2022-2023 school year**
Anne is exactly what I think of when I think of politicians. All talk and no work.
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
It's a different scenario here
I liked her
@@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.
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.
I wish as a reward for completing the 4 days they had a fifth day where they experienced the rich victorian aristocracy.
Except ann
i wish
Ikr??
That would be a wonderful reward, educational to.
@@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.
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.
Grandad was a badass!!
They weren’t prisoners they could leave but they had nothing 🏴🌹
@@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.
I wish I could escape 🇬🇧 for somewhere like Canada. 😭😭
@@Sigma.6 is it really that bad? To us south Asians it seems like an easy place to live 😢
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.
10 kids by 3 different men? Promiscuous harlot your nan was
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...
I know but in real life her views are so old fashioned
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..?
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.
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.
But honestly i think she is just acting, so they can show us what happens when you protest.
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.
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.
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.
Zoe was also such a team mom.
I love those too! ❤
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
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.
Everyone except ann, right? She was just kinda being childish
Tiger and Myquita really surprised me so much with how resiliant they are
Alistair and his wife at the end were so adorable and wholesome. What a beautiful moment to witness. So much love between the two.
Of all the parts Ann could've washed she chooses to wash her feet. I wouldn't have washed my face after that either.
RIGHT? How utterly selfish of her!
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.
I was so upset, how can you be so old yet so selfish.
The other girls weren't going to use the water anyway.
Cuz she only needed to stay the night
If this was a real victorian experience, Ann wouldve died in episode 1.
Dude 😂
🤣
Too true, she'd either have been jailed and starved or just starved. She's an annoying character but complex
Exactly. Easily.
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.
"Its so animalistic, and degrading"
"Boys, the water is warm!"
Its all about the angle you look from xd
Mhm
Even though it is degrading, you can try to look at the bright side of it.
Warm water? Luxury!
I'm so ashamed of the reaction of the women! I think the men had it right!
@@blueblueyt7542 what is there to be ashamed of.. they're not from the victorian period
I really wish they'd do a full series of this, with different time periods and countries.
yesss I wish!!!
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.
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
Exactly! They were the first to quickly know what was expected, work hard and stop bitching.
Preach
I believe it's the baby boomers , my grandma acts like this. I think it's their generation
She can barely walk for fuck sake!
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
Rip the Camera man/woman who had to stay in Solitary Confinement with Ann.
For some reason the thought of this made me laugh
ahahhaahahhahahhaha
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
They probably just left the camera there and edited later
the camera guy with modern clothes and eating a bag of chips during break 😂
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.
And then there is Ann
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
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.
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 🌝
The patience Zoe had with Anne is incredible
You can tell she has a great respect for her elders.
She was absolutely delightful. Her part was so significant. She neatly was like Clair from outLander plunged full fledged in.
I can tell that she has a lot of respect for elders
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
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.
Quite a 180 change
Exactly my thoughts
To be sure!
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.
@@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
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.
For real I've done months at a time in solitary confinement tiny cell rotten food and three cold showers a week
@@scottmaclaren4695 how did you not go crazy!?
@@scottmaclaren4695 That's awful. Do they at least give you books? I swear I would go insane.
@@scottmaclaren4695 Have you really you fantasist...I highly doubt it
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) ?
I expect a more grand finale. Like someone is assume a master then down the hierarchy of servitude
northern_lights thanks!!!
maybe even edwardian
@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.
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
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.
Very well written comment. I agree with this.
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.
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.
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
They need to make a series of this! It’s eye opening and wonderful to see some of what people went through back then
Plot twist - Ann wasn’t acting. She was just chosen and put in situations where her natural character would come out best.
Plot twist: Anne really time traveled and that was a real matron she backtalked
😂😂😂😂
@@TheRealJaneSeymour 😂😂😂😂
They needed someone that has a curtain personality type to show the harshness of the punishments. Ann fitted the role
@@TheRealJaneSeymour how is it like sleeping beside Henry viii for eternity?
Never heard of Alistair, but I like the man
Mike Hermes he seems like a sweet heart
Mike Hermes I like him toooo!!!
Me too, the things he values came through.
@ Mike Hermes: Alistair is an actor and comedy impressionist, Mike, best known for his show 'Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'.
Me too! He's genuinely lovely
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.
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.
agreed
Must have voted remain 😂
@@bewilderedbrit8928 Yes. They can tell a useless hypocrite when they see one versus believing liars.
@@bewilderedbrit8928 Ann Widdecombe? Hard right, anti-europe, uberprivileged Ann Widdecombe? I doubt she voted remain.
Oh shut up
Like labour have done anything worthy.😂
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!
I'm starting to think she doesn't know how to actually think.
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.
Samantha Wahl typical politician. They think they know best and tell us how we should live, but live off the work of others.
I wonder what she was like as a politician xD
StrawberryNinja Nibbles much like on the show, hypocritical, self-important, deluded, and profoundly out of touch.
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.
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.
I dont know much either but they likely have some kind of normal life outside there roles right.??
Same thought!! Id love ton be one of the extras
I read in a previous episode that it’s an interactive museum in England.
I'm certain some (especially the bosses) are reenactors. Cool people.
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😂
I would distance yourself from this women.
The other two girls: Gladly.
Lol
Women, not girls
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.
I think that's because on the first day they picked their own random assortment of clothing.
Well, except for the one thing that films can never capture: the dental health...
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.
She would have gotten beaten too I bet.
@@Iceechibi most definitely but it wasn't technically allowed. They just did it anyway
They are all paid actors
😂😂😂😂😂
@@acfan8253 no
that older lady is talking about how the others just do what they are told. She knows she in an experiment. She knows she wont actually starve to death. I cant imagine for a second, that she would actually make that same choice in the actual victorian era. People did what they had to do, to survive. Period. You kept your mouth shut and did what you were told or you died.
This particular mixture of real people and real experiences, experts, actors and experimental archaeology is absolutely brilliant. I want more.
Zoe had enough of Ann at the end 😂 she was DONE with her, but still caring and kind. What a wonderful human!
Ya
They were remarkably tolerant of ann
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.
She must have also been aware she was on camera
Ann was so grumpy and self-righteous- annoying!
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.
I found it this weekend and now there is a “new” episode? What a coincidence
Exactly my sentiments!
This show and the education is a lie. Don't be fooled by this.
@@justthatonedumbkid7962 Becauseeeeeee?
@@Mostspecialusername It exaggerates history just so we can like our present generation..
In the end Alastair impressed me the most. He took so much of his experience to heart, well done!!
This is honestly the best work of English television there is out there. It's truly a brilliant way to connect with the hardships of the past and enjoy the amenities of the present. The cast was perfect for this simulation and the production was stellar. Amazing job to everyone involved in the creation of this masterpiece. For someone born and raised in Italy to have the possibility to see the Victorian way of life from my own two eyes is truly astonishing. Thanks.
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.
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!!
I would imagine that is the role she was given.
@@TheLdoggett Not a role Anne is always like that, seen her in another show type thing before, and she had this same attitude lol.
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.
Tbh in that era she would've starved to death or put aside her pride for the broom.
I think on the other side persons like her carracter here where probably more likly to end up in similar facilities.
The thing that Ann doesn't seem to understand is that unless you get ALL of the poor to stand up for themselves, you have absolutely no power as a poor and destitute person. Those who had voices were the business owners that had a heart. But those were rare because they didn't want to turn into one of the poor themselves. Self and family survival trumps helping others.
“It’s like a whole class is marginalized!” Ann.....Ann do you go outside??
she just figured out it happened back then, wonder if she'll die before she understands some still live like this today
She's a conservative, kinda espected she's never seen grass yet alone touched it
Homeless people are for sure mainailized
The men took some water each while Ann just entered the tub with her feet I can't with that ladyyy😩😆😆
After everyone else didn't want to use it at all.
@@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
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
@@haruyanto8085 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.
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
Zoe went from a dainty beauty to a diamond in the rough with a heart of gold
I so much wish this had been a whole series - as in more than 4 episodes, perhaps other celebs. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for uploading it!
I absolutely love this concept! It would be so interesting to experience this, they should actually do this as an experience open to the public, like the escape rooms and whatnot
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.
This is a tv show. Of course she's gonna act dramatic.
If we were plopped In the show, I think that some of us would act the same way, Maybe not instantly disobey but still.
@@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.
DaBetaDog11 well said 👍
I agree
Allister hugging his wife and crying was sooo sweeeet
it wasssss
I knowww
It was so sweeeet✨
I rewatched it thrice and cried more each time. Mah heart. Excuse me -- mah heaaaaaaaaart. (?)
It truly was. And you can see the love with the way she's looking up at him...with such love and pride.
I don’t think Ann Widdecombe fully understood that people during this time didn’t go to the workhouse by choice but through the necessity to survive.
They would do anything not to go - I remember a documentary saying how people would go to sleep on stairs and try anything to get money until they were starving and falling ill and their children weren’t doing well
Just binge watched all 4 episides and saw people saying its cancelled. Its amazing show! Not just entertaining but also you can teach quite some history bits from it. Hope they will bring ut back, maybe in another era indeed. This has a ton of potential. The work done on recreating all the set ups, actor work and evrything really was amazing!
Where did you find the other 3 episodes? I found the playlist on the channel but it’s says the other 3 videos are hidden
It's a mini series, they're common in the UK
@@Tashismmedia They should make more, its awesome!
It wasn't cancelled, it's just a mini series from the BBC! :)
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.
Many of us would have ...
@@worldpeace1822 yeah.
She wouldn't have gotten so old acting the way she does, that's for sure.
It was such an well executed program...i watched all four episodes back to back...the works and evaluations put together in such an organized way to test every possibility that might be hidden in the people....thank you,for presenting us with this.
What an enjoyable show this was, I quite literally binge-watched it! I’m more than disappointed to see that’s it’s already the final episode! It almost feels melancholic to see them part ways, this group had such a lovely and enjoyable dynamic!
I really wish they’d do a different series with similar themes with these people again! (Yes, even Ann, who acts perfectly well as the stubborn and arrogant grandmother of the group)
I'm glad Zoey stood up against Ann
Same!
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.
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
I'm English and our mums used to bath us in the kitchen sink when we were little that was early 80s 🤣
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.
@@gimmemore9709 small dogs, cats, and babies work better in a sink that a tub. Less back bending + most modern sinks have a dish hose.
She has some maturing to do
Again, such a fantastic show. Very well produced. If you were to ask me who I thought would have been the best fit for the 19th century, I would say Colin. He somehow kept his radiance of energy up throughout all the challenges. A strong man, I suppose.
Another thought that strikes me is how amazing it is that we lived through those times and managed to evolve to the common luxury the majority of us enjoy today. It's truly remarkable. Who would ever have thought that any civilization could survive hardships like that. You really wouldn't think so. Yet we did.
The immersion brings a Realization of what life would've been like. The amount of suffering is unimaginable.
Binge watched all 4 segments... Favorite was Coach Inn segment. The producers really went all out on authenticity!!
Same!
Me, too, tonight!
5un5hine
Why? Do you know?
@@5un5hinex why?
5un5hine how come?
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.
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!
Wtf? No way! She looks like she's at least 75.
She really needs some physio, speaking from experience.
@@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?
@cosmosspring You can make suprising gains over 60 and into 70's and 80's. Google it! X
I love this little series. It's magnificent to see how people really lived back in those times. To have people being able to live it and for us to see, really amazing. I'd love to see this done for something like WWI trench life, or maybe even well before the Victorian Era if possible.
I would want to experience living in the past like this at least once in my life. I guess my only hope is either time machine, full dive VR, or being really lucky to get into some show like this. You really start to appreciate the things you have after an experience like this, and you even discover the long lost magic like Alistair did. I don't envy the people that lived in these years, it must have been really hard, but I envy the experience to live in the past for at least a moment.
you could try to do it by living self sufficiently on your own propety
Go live on the streets for a couple days with only a few bits to eat. Enjoy.
@@marilynmccormick3731 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marilynmccormick3731 I did that for 3 years
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.
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.
@@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.
These conditions aren't exactly humane.
Yeah she seemed the most clueless of the bunch. It's like she didn't live in the real world.
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.
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.
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.
i think it should go to tyger his head was into this game the most
@@bonniesensai 100% agree
I think Zoey's shortcomings in this episode are forgivable. I really adore her and she's very adaptable in the series.
Absolutely
I absolutely love this, and I understand this is a history channel, but I would love to see these six live through a modern day equivalent. Day labor, Macdonald’s, Amazon warehouse, and tent city.
My english teacher told us to watch this series, and honestly I found it to be entertaining and interesting all the way through.
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.
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.
She is a former politician. Your comment is excatly describing 99% of goverments world wide.
Yes she really annoyed me. But it made for good controversy in the show. Someone to really head-desk to.
She lost her job twice standing up for others in this series...
classic Conservative behaviour
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!
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.
Because she only cares for herself.. She's not a rebel with a respectable goal, she's a rebel only for her own goals..
@@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.
@@TaDarling1 I couldn't have said it better..
@@christinelavoie2644 How so? She was separate and given other tasks.
I bet this experience will help them even more in real life.. ..and the bond they've created will last long.. great show..
My mother, born in 1924, had a lifelong fear of the workhouse such was the experiences handed down in the community as she grew up in Birmingham.
Per Wikipedia : "Although workhouses were formally abolished by the same legislation in 1930, many continued under their new appellation of Public Assistance Institutions under the control of local authorities. It was not until the National Assistance Act 1948 that the last vestiges of the Poor Law disappeared, and with them the workhouses."
Anyone who can stand to be around Anne Widdicombe for 24 hours deserves an award
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.
Ann Widdicombe isnt married wonder why
Apparently you hate strong women as much as the Victorians did -- too bad for you....
@@BJones-yw4dd Ann Widdicombe hasnt been married or I think hasnt had any boyfriends she sure is strong
@Ruth Simpson All our politicians are like her. They are spoilt little brats who have no idea what life in the real world is.
The group talking badly about Ann at their dinner is giving me JOY!
sameeeeee
Imagine getting joy by hating on an old person, yet again you are a kpop stan so it makes sense.
@@aleera8257 bru did you not see how she was acting?
@@aleera8257 what does Kpop stans have to do with old people? Who hurt you?😶
@@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
I feel like living through this kind of experience with each other can make life time friends
This was great! They should definitely continue doing this, a TV show series, hosting more celebrities, that would be very entertaining 👌🏾
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 :/
Ummmm, as you might have noticed, the others REFUSED. They even SAID SO. Watch it again.
@@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.
@@miniryou6904 shes a tory what do you expect
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.
@@BJones-yw4dd Looked like they were just about to have a go until Anne put her cloven hooves in.
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
@49jubilee what???
I think they did... Because no way they didn't right?
She didn't respect the process. The people back then didn't have the luxury of complaining as much as she did.
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.
@@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.
Thank you so much for these 4 video documentary recreations. I found myself watching the 1st of their 24 hour venture to binging all 4. Absolutely amazing, excellent way to bring book history to life and realizing how "easy" in so many ways even our hardest UK or America 21st century lot is. Well done!!
As a third generation Canadian-born Brit I absolutely LOVED watching all four episodes (binge watched actually 😍)!!! History is such a fascinating thing to explore. But, the concept of THIS show took it to a whole new level!!! MUCH respect for the creators, ALL staff, AND participants, for producing such an INCREDIBLE experiential series!!! I, for one, would be excited to see more from different time periods, using the same template!!! FANTASTIC WORK!!!🥰🥰🥰💗💗💗💙💙💙💙 THANK YOU!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Aww so sweet how lovingly Alistair's wife looks at him.
Does anyone know the budget of this show, it’s incredibly well made. All the extras and the settings are really well done.
I believe a lot of this was part of a interactive musem with historical renactors. Ive seen a few.
@@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.
Searching Through Horse 💩 To Look for Dog 💩... 🤮
Reenactors
@@ashlynnheller8400 anywhere you can go and do the same thing
The sheer number of times I’ve binged this series during quarantine is ridiculous. But I just can’t stop.
What an amazing series, love it so much, it's incredible all the behind the scenes work that made the case so immersed
It's very addicted what s terrible time to live so inspiring
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.
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.
@@afelturnited9701 Meaning, they wouldn't survive. So she got the answer to that pretty early in the series.
@@joilisch true
“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
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
SoulDevoured assuming she even had a light during that period
@@elisabethmather5174 yeah I can't imagine they left her in the dark most of the time.
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.
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.
Thank you for showing us how my grandparents lived. I understand why they were always so hard and serious. About 75 percent of the people lived day to day. They accepted it even when they could see how the few we'll Off lived. I don't think that it could happen now.
Why isn't 24 hours in the past a full series? I'd love to see different time periods!