#11 The Great Stink: How a Terrible Smell Saved London

In the sweltering summer of 1858, London was brought to its knees by an overpowering stench from the River Thames, which had become an open sewer. This episode tells the story of the Great Stink, how it forced a reluctant Parliament to finally act, and how one brilliant engineer, Joseph Bazalgette, built the modern sewer system that saved the city.