Historian Dan Snow gets down and dirty in
Medieval grime to discover the hard way how the London we know
was forged in the filth of the 14th century.
State of the art CGI reveals London's streets as they were 700
years ago and Dan steps into the shoes of a medieval Londoner -
wooden platforms designed to help him rise above the disgusting
mess underfoot. He spends the night as a medieval muck-raker
shifting a staggering six tonnes of excrement, and has a go at
medieval butchery to find out what the authorities were up
against.
Plus, he examines the remains of a plague victim to discover how
a catastrophic epidemic would help a new and cleaner London
emerge from the muck of the past.
