Aired on: 9:00 PM on December 13th, 2010 – Monday
Channel: BBC TWO Channel
Episode Details: Season 1 Episode 3
Episode Name: Sinful Sex and Demon Drink
Preview:
The pleasures and perils of booze and sex are the focus for the final episode of Ian Hislop’s series about Victorian reformers, campaigners and philanthropists. In attempting to wean Britons off alcohol and away from vice, Ian wonders whether the ‘Do-Gooders’, despite their extraordinary energy and success in transforming every other aspect of 19th century society, had finally bitten off more than they could chew.Ian recovers the hidden histories and remarkable lives of five individuals who gave their all to cure the nation’s moral incontinence. But in doing so, Ian also encounters the occasional skeleton in the closet.Three times Prime Minister William Gladstone spent a lifetime touring the streets of London’s West End trying to rescue prostitutes. He brought many home to his wife, giving them a meal and a bed for the night. So was this pure philanthropy or something of a darker obsession?
Ian Hislop’s Age Of The Do-Gooders Season 1 Episode 3 Sinful Sex and Demon Drink
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