S03E14: Local Heroines | Local Heroes

S03E14: Local Heroines | Local Heroes

Engineering and Manufacturing | BBC Two | 1998 | 29'08''

Adam visits London, where all his heroines are women.

“Women first” evacuation | Titanic Sinks Tonight

“Women first” evacuation | Titanic Sinks Tonight

History | BBC Two | 2025 | 3'27''

This clip stresses how women were the first to be evacuated from Titanic as a result of the Edwardian belief tha...

20th Century World: 04: Women in advertising | History File

20th Century World: 04: Women in advertising | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 19'17''

Starting in the Second World War, this schools history programme charts the changing roles and expectations of wo...

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2015 | 7'58''

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

07: Women’s Liberation | 1900s House

07: Women’s Liberation | 1900s House

Civil rights movements | Channel 4 | 1999

The arrival of the maid has given Joyce the freedom to investigate the history of the suffragette movement. But the more she learn...

Kate Adie’s Women of World War One

Kate Adie’s Women of World War One

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'14''

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

03: Breakthroughs and Backlash | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

03: Breakthroughs and Backlash | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Economics | BBC Scotland | 2023 | 58'12''

Kirsty Wark navigates the devolution era and reveals what happens when women take the lead, from the s...

02: Having It All | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

02: Having It All | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Economics | BBC Scotland | 2023 | 57'59''

Kirsty Wark explores the 1980s and 90s, when legislative leaps enshrined new rights for women. But with sexism rife...

01: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

01: The Disruptors | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Economics | BBC Scotland | 2023 | 57'56''

Kirsty Wark reveals how pioneering women of the 1960s and 70s seized the baton from previous generations and surge...

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

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

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1995 | 24'03''

This programme investigates the Suffragette movement.

06: Sylvia Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

06: Sylvia Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'14'49''

1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.

05: Outrage | Shoulder to Shoulder

05: Outrage | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'05''

The campaign grows. Suffragettes destroy property, and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.

04: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

04: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'47''

Black Friday - 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the p...

02: Annie Kenney | Shoulder to Shoulder

02: Annie Kenney | Shoulder to Shoulder

History | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'15'58''

1904: Annie Kenney - a mill worker since the age of ten. What has Women's Suffrage to offer her?

01: The Pankhurts | Shoulder to Shoulder

01: The Pankhurts | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'30''

1898: Dr and Mrs Pankhurst and their four children are living comfortably in Manchester. However, in that year an event occurs which...

Kitty Clive

Kitty Clive

Acquiring Culture | BBC | 1956 | 29'22''

A comedy about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive.

04: Florence Nightingale | Great Britons (1990)

04: Florence Nightingale | Great Britons (1990)

History | BBC Two | 1990 | 59'04''

Philippa Stewart, biographer of Florence Nightingale, narrates her life story through on-location reports from places she liv...

03: Women | Not Forgotten

03: Women | Not Forgotten

History | Channel 4 | 2005 | 52'13''

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

Made in Dagenham (2010)

Made in Dagenham (2010)

Feminism | BBC Two | 2013 | 1'45'25''

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 ...

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

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

History | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'02''

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

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

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

History | BBC Two | 1989 | 19'02''

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

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

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

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1999 | 18'32''

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

S03E02: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

S03E02: Victoria and Her Sisters | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

History | BBC Two | 2002 | 59'14''

A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as ind...

America’s New Female Right

America’s New Female Right

History | BBC Three | 2024 | 59'13''

Layla Wright travels to the USA to meet the influencer women posting antifeminist and other offensive content online.

Clare Balding’s Secrets of a Suffragette

Clare Balding’s Secrets of a Suffragette

Civil rights movements | Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'51''

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

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

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

History | Channel 4 | 2006 | 49'05''

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

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

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

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 53'08''

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

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Feminism | BBC Four | 2023 | 1'11'10''

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

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

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

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2023 | 1'00'09''

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

Modern British History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Modern British History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 1'59'16''

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

Suffragette City | A History of the World

Suffragette City | A History of the World

Civil rights movements | BBC One | 2010 | 28'56''

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

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

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

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'01''

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

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

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

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 58'43''

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

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

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

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'14''

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

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Civil rights movements | BBC One | 2018 | 1'28'57''

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

05: Activists | Icons

05: Activists | Icons

Citizenship | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

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

The FA’s ban on women’s football | Nation on Film

The FA’s ban on women’s football | Nation on Film

Gender and stratification | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'53''

Investigating the financial reasons behind the FA's ban of women's football in 1921.

Women’s Football | Nation on Film

Women’s Football | Nation on Film

Gender and stratification | BBC Four | 2007 | 3'39''

The popularity of the Dick Kerr Ladies football team.

Dick Kerr Ladies | Nation on Film

Dick Kerr Ladies | Nation on Film

Gender and stratification | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'19''

An introduction to the Dick Kerr Ladies football team.
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