British viewers of popular show Victoria have taken to Twitter in shock as the ITV show portrayed the Irish famine last night.

Victoria, a show about Queen Victoria as you may have guessed, aired an episode last night that focused on the Irish famine.

Many viewers seemed to be shocked as they never learned about the atrocities against the Irish people by the British Government during the potato famine.

Viewers of Victoria have been horrified to learn that over one million Irish people died and millions more emigrated.


They seemed to have no clue about the workhouses, soup kitchens and the lack of aid provided by the British during the famine.

Viewers have been praising Daisy Goodwin for highlighting an area of history that is generally whitewashed in the English education system.

#Victoria on ITV is currently focused on the Irish famine. If you've ever wondered why Ireland bears a grudge vs England, this explains lots — Catherine Kavanagh (@KavanaghCk) October 1, 2017

The ignorance in U.K if what happened in the Famine is shocking #Victoria #lessonsofhistory — Daisy Goodwin (@DaisyGoodwin) October 1, 2017

Last night's episode saw Victoria struggling with the worsening situation in Ireland.


The episode showed Queen Victoria meeting with Robert Peel, British Prime minister who didn't want to send aid to Ireland for fear it would have negative political ramifications for him and his party.

Some people are furious about the portrayal of Victoria as a Queen who fought to aid the Irish.

Lest we forget, Victoria is known in history as the Famine Queen.

Fucking bullshit. Why were they making #Victoria out to be some activist?? The British CAUSED the Irish famine. It was a fucking genocide — ♛Nicola🌈☘️ (@GodHatesNicola) October 1, 2017

itv has some cheek with their portrayal of queen victoria in regards to the irish famine... — 👁👄👁 (@marieseav25) October 2, 2017


Show producer Daisy Goodwin said that all of the scenes on the show were based on historical documents.

Trevelyan was the head of administration for famine relief during the 1840s.

everything #Trevelyan says about Ireland based on historical documents #Victoria — Daisy Goodwin (@DaisyGoodwin) October 1, 2017

If you'd like to see for yourself what has these Tweeters so galvanised, the episode of Victoria will air on TV3 this Thursday at 9pm.