Secrets from the Workhouse
In this moving and insightful two part series, five well known personalities, actor Brian Cox, Felicity Kendal, Fern Britton, Barbara Taylor Bradford and Kiera Chaplin, will go on an emotionally charged personal journey to investigate their family's experience of life in the workhouse. They will delve into the dark heart of Victorian poverty to unearth stories of heartache and sadness as well as tales of extraordinary triumph that help to unravel the secrets of this notorious institution.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Last Resort
25-06-2013Fern Britton, actor Brian Cox, Barbara Taylor-Bradford and Kiera Chaplin reveal how their families went from a life of poverty to end up in the workhouse.
- Ep 2
2.A New Beginning
02-07-2013Felicity Kendal, Brian Cox and Barbara Taylor Bradford discover more about how their relatives eventually escaped the workhouse system.
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