Secrets from the Workhouse: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In Victorian society the workhouse represented the underbelly of society, where anyone who was poor, homeless, unemployed or ill was sent to live.

With no benefits system in place, destitute people were either left to starve on the streets or forced to submit themselves to the harsh conditions of the workhouse where they worked ten hours a day doing menial tasks such as breaking rocks up or picking apart ropes.

In this two part series, presenter Fern Britton, actress Kiera Chaplin, actor Brian Cox, actress Felicity Kendal and author Barbara Taylor Bradford go back to the sites of the workhouses where their ancestors lived to find out what happened to them.

Series details

• Title: Secrets from the Workhouse
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2013-06-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-07-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27492
• TVDB ID: 271105

Cast and credited roles

• Jim Carter — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-06-25; final listed air date 2013-07-02; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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