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Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...

Suffragette City | A History of the World

It was the campaign that changed the lives of British women forever. Actress Sheila Hancock is given unprecedented access to the Mu...

Kate Adie's Women of World War One

Distinguished war reporter Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War.

20th Century Wrap: 02: 1910s: Why Didn't Suffragettes Win the Vote? | History File

This programme investigates the Suffragette movement.

Episode 1 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement, beginning wi...

Episode 2 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. During Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed ...

S02E03: The Russian Revolution | Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Lucy explores the myths and fibs that swirl around the dramatic events of 1917 and discovers ...

The First World War: 03: The Home Front | History File

The First World War was a total war. Nobody escaped, even the women and children at home. In this third section we loo...

05: Activists | Icons

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mar...

Episode 3 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became...

22: 1970: Half the People | People's Century

Women struggle to win political and economic rights in societies gamed to entrench male privilege. Even with limited suffrage, a...

Modern British History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Exam revision programme focusing on the Liberal reforms, women's suffrage, the Home Front, the General Strike, the Depression...

03: Women | Not Forgotten

Women, discussing how women's roles and expectations in society changed as a result of the war.

03: So Many Broken Hearts | Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

The impact of the hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women. Tit-for-tat killings, car bombs an...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

How Nur Jahan ruled the Mughal Empire | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman visits Indian locations to illustrate the rich legacy of Nur Jahan’s cultural achievements and ...

Made in Dagenham (2010)

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her ...

Medicine Through Time (1989): 03: Medicine, Women and Society | History File

Only one in four GP's in Britain is a woman. How were women excluded from medicine during the Mi...

S02E01: The Worst Urban Jobs in History | The Worst Jobs In History

Among the worst jobs in the city are hunch backed water caddy, daring fire fighter, dangerous docker, dea...