TV Pick: The Secret History Of Our Streets, 24 Hours in A&E

TV Pick: The Secret History Of Our Streets

The Secret History Of Our Streets - BBC2, 9pm

The murky past of London's streets since the Victorian era are uncovered in this social history series. The first episode takes us to Deptford where bulldozers moved in during the 1960s and families who had lived in the area for years were moved into sterile estates and high-rise flats.

Deptford High Street was once known as the Oxford Street of south London, but the Greater London Council deemed it a slum and moved families under the guise of progress.

The documentary follows a series of maps started by 'social explorer' Charles Booth in 1886, recording the social class and lifestyles of the capital's inhabitants by a system of colour-coding.

24 Hours in A&E - Channel 4, 9pm

In another painful episode of 24 Hours in A&E, a builder falls at work and dislocates his shoulder. This is no average dislocation - the consultant hasn't seen it in 30 years of emergency medicine and it takes a five-strong team to pull it back into place.

Meanwhile, as one man in his sixties who had one leg amputated in 2009 comes in with the other dangerously swollen following a trip to Goa, a 30-year-old patient is more worried about whether his crutches are stylish than the pain he is in from a broken toe.

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