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What can we learn from the most universal of all experiences: going to the loo?
Published: November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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What was it like to do your business in a Roman communal toilet? Why was the devil thought to lurk in medieval privies? Did constipation turn Henry VIII into a tyrant? And how did Victorian sewers revolutionise Britain’s cities?
In this seven-part mini-series, HistoryExtra’s David Musgrove heads down the u-bend in the company of leading historical experts to see what we can learn from the most universal of all experiences: going to the loo.
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Episode 1Roman latrines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Musgrove pays a visit to the revolting world of Roman toilets, in the company of Dr Hannah Platts
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Episode 2Medieval privies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Musgrove and historian James Wright revisit the dark and dangerous world of medieval latrines
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Episode 3Tudor garderobes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Tracy Borman tells David Musgrove about the secrets of the royal Tudor water closet
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Episode 4Victorian lavatories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
David Musgrove and Jerry White revisit the avant-garde sewerage systems, shining porcelain cisterns, and unsanitary conditions of the Victorian era
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David Musgrove talks to Dr Katherine Weikert about the Anglo-Saxon and Norman toilet experience
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Episode 6Prehistoric toilets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Dr Sue Greaney explains to David Musgrove what we know about loos from the Neolithic through to the Iron Age
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Professor Mark Stoyle leads David Musgrove into the early modern water closet
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