Synopsis
David Olusoga pays his first visit to Ravensworth Terrace and investigates a vengeful lawyer, a scientist faced with financial ruin and a doctor entangled in a workhouse scandal.
- Programme: A House Through Time
- Series: 2
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2019
- History
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A theft from Ravensworth Terrace | A House Through Time
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Introduction to the house in Newcastle | A House Through Time
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Joshua Alder | A House Through Time
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David Olusoga explores how Ravensworth Terrace was at the heart of the Victorian Newcastle intelligentsia.
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