- Title: The Worst Jobs In History - Series 1
- Date: 11th September 2004
- Description:Tony Robinson looks at our history in a new light,instead of concentrating on the Roman Emperors or the Kings and Queens,this six-part series is about the people who literally made our history. Tony Robinson looks at the jobs on the lowest rungs of the historical ladder and when he has established what he considers to be the worst job in any particular era; he has a go at it himself. (episode three) The Tudors are many people's favourite dynasty,but they wouldn't have been if you had to work for them. In the third part of the series that ignores history's great and good,Tony Robinson gets himself on the bottom rung of the Tudor careers ladder. From the nightmares suffered by the masked executioner to the horrors of the scolds' bridle and ducking stool imposed on fishwives,Tony exposes the nastier side of Merrie England. Getting to the bottom of the Tudor court (literally) he finds out about spit boys,who roasted themselves in the Hampton Court kitchens,the Groom of the Stool,who wiped Henry VIII's capacious behind,and the gong scourers who unblocked the primitive London sewers. And behind the Tudor world of glamour and entertainment were the worst jobs of boy actor at Shakespeare's Globe,the pinners who held together Queen Elizabeth's robes for a pittance,and the social outcast and human stilton known as the woad dyer. Produced and directed by Patricia Murphy Presented by Tony Robinson
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Spire Films Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:11/09/2004
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s