Disasters in London
2 episodes
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The Fire of London
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Great Fire of London in 1666 and how the city rose from the ashes.
11 December 2008
Featuring: Lisa Jardine, Vanessa Harding, Jonathan Sawday
The Great Stink
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the terrible stench of sewage in the Thames in central London in the hot summer of 1858 and the work of Joseph Bazalgette to fix it.
29 December 2022
Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Stephen Halliday, Paul Dobraszczyk