Victorian Slum House

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Season 1
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: May 2, 2017
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    May 3, 2017
    100
    Victorian Slum House is a remarkable combination of educational, inspirational and entertaining.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    May 1, 2017
    80
    Entertaining in a sober-minded, educational way, Victorian Slum House offers an illuminating history lesson without getting preachy or dull.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    May 3, 2017
    70
    [The children's] enthusiasm for 19th-century child labor, whether it's selling watercress in the streets, sewing, or spending countless hours making artificial flowers, is contagious. They complain less than the adults--or have been edited more charitably -- and seem to appreciate that their contributions are indispensable.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 28, 2017
    67
    It's the most English game show ever. [28 Apr - 5 May 2017, p.101]
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  6. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 28, 2017
    60
    It's a social history lesson. ... Survivor is a cakewalk by comparison. [1-14 May 2017, p.19]
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  7. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Apr 27, 2017
    60
    To their credit, these cultural tourists get it, and pretty much right away. ... Is nonfiction misery, however antique, the proper stuff of entertainment? There’s some education at work here, of course, but what we really want to see is how far the participants will go before they break.