Victorian Sensations: Seeing and Believing

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An exploration of the 1890s, a decade of change whose resonance can still be felt today.

Victorian Sensations transports us to the thrilling era of the 1890s. Dr Hannah Fry, Paul McGann and Philippa Perry explore a decade of rapid change that still resonates today.

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Psychotherapist Philippa Perry explores ghosts, science and early cinema in the 1890s.

Philippa Perry explores the 1890s, a decade in which the invention of motion pictures went hand in hand with a deep belief in the paranormal.

In the final episode of this series, psychotherapist Philippa Perry time-travels back to the 1890s to explore how the late Victorian passion for science co-existed with a deeply held belief in the paranormal. Using a collection of rare and restored Victorian films from the BFI National Archive, she shows how the latest media innovations made use of contemporary ideas of ghosts and the afterlife, and how this new media anticipated today’s networked world.








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