Stephen Fry piqued our curiosity with the title itself — Victoria's Secrets. After devouring the societal landscape of the era, courtesy Dickensian delights and classics by the Brontë sisters and George Elliot, this wasn't quite what we were expecting. The author, actor and comedian regaled us with this 12-part series that he presents; his baritone is a bonus that takes us on an exploratory ride into the dark side to Victorian Britain through each 30-minute episode.

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