''The Victorians'' is a 2009 British documentary series which focuses on Victorian art and culture. The four-part series is written and presented by

Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate new ...

and debuted on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...

at 9:00pm on Sunday 15 February 2009.

Episodes

Media

A book written by Paxman was published to accompany the series titled ''The Victorians: Britain Through the Paintings of the Age''. In his introduction, Paxman acknowledged that the Irish writer Neil Hegarty had played a significant role in editing the book and bringing it to completion. Paxman was praised by academics and figures in the publishing industry for acknowledging Hegarty's substantial contribution. In the book, Paxman wrote that all television is a collaborative exercise, "so it is rather silly for this book - which accompanies a television series - to appear with only one name on the cover." A region 2 DVD two disc set ''The Victorians'' was released 15 June 2009.

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Times article by Jeremy Paxman
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