Keith Chegwin
British Social History (1981)
Season 1
A new series of five programmes that looks at important topics from our history 1760-1851.
Released Sept. 19, 1981
Episode 20 min
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Production Companies: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Richard Arkwright and the First Factories
The first in a new series of five programmes that looks at important topics from our history 1760-1851. Today's programme examines the earliest powered cotton mill set in a leafy Derbyshire valley.
Sept. 20, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - The Poor Weaver
The historical drama for schools takes a closer look at Glasgow in 1834, when the city filled with Highlanders, Lowlanders and Irish people, all looking for work.
Oct. 4, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - Shame
A new play about the Workhouse Act of 1834. An old cottage is the home of Cathy's aunt and uncle. It may be cosy and comfortable now, but once it witnessed terrible things - which have left their mark.
Oct. 19, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - Man Made the Slave
Set in the Midlands in 1840, this edition tells the story of Thomas Cooper, a leading member of protest movement the Leicester Chartists.
Nov. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - The Railways
Railways - 'A device for making the world smaller'. Keith Chegwin visits the Liverpool to Manchester line and looks at ways in which the railways changed the 19th century.
Nov. 22, 1981, midnight
Episode Runtime: 20 min.
Season Runtime: 20 min.
Released: Sept. 19, 1981
Last Air Date: Nov. 22, 1981, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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