Sin City

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Bettany Hughes presents a history of debauchery in London, showing how locals have satisfied their needs over the years, from lavish banquets to opium dens and prostitution

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Latest Episodes

  • The Unmentionable Vice

    In the last episode in the series, Bettany Hughes looks at the history of homosexuality in London and discovers that from medieval cross-dressers to Victorian drag queens, gay culture has existed in the city for centuries despite prejudice and persecution

  • Victorian Vices

    Bettany Hughes examines the vices of Londoners during Victorian times, investigating the explosion of pornography, prostitutes walking the streets and the white slave trade. Drug and alcohol abuse was also rife as opium dens and gin palaces sprang up

  • An Infinitude of Pleasures

    Bettany Hughes examines the pursuit of pleasure in 18th-century London, investigating the Covent Garden flesh market, 'hanging holidays' and naked racing in St James's Park. The era also saw day trips to watch the lunatics of Bedlam, as well as gambling on whether a sick man would die and a gin craze that killed thousands

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