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The Beer That Slowly Poisoned England

In 1900, a hidden disaster unfolded in the industrial North of England when thousands of drinkers fell ill from what became known as the arsenic-in-beer scandal. This video traces how contaminated brewing sugar, made with industrial chemicals, entered the beer supply, causing nerve damage, paralysis and death among ordinary workers and pub-goers. Drawing on medical reports, brewery records and newspaper archives, it follows the investigators who slowly uncovered the true source of the poison and the industrial shortcuts that allowed it to spread. This historical documentary looks at how the scandal reshaped ideas about public health, food safety and regulation in Edwardian Britain. It explores the role of brewers, chemists and government officials in both causing and confronting the crisis, and places the 1900 arsenic poisoning in the wider history of industrialisation, everyday risk and trust in what people consumed.