The Charles Dickens Show is an Education programme.

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The Charles Dickens Show: The Workhouse

Series 1, episode 1

Charles Dickens hosts a chat show. In this episode, Dickens is joined by fundraising virtuoso Doctor Thomas Barnardo to discuss the Victorian phenomenon of the workhouse. He hears from Billy, an orphan who has lived in one for two years, and chief cook Mrs Burble takes him through a typical workhouse menu.