S01E01 | Skint

S01E01 | Skint

Financial literacy | Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'25''

Documentary series that shows how people survive without work. Dean used to work at Scunthorpe's steelworks, but now he, his wife and their seven children exi...

Breadline Kids

Breadline Kids

Development and Inequality | BBC One | 2018 | 58'43''

Sobering documentary following families in Dumfries, Glenrothes, Glasgow and Aberdeen who are struggling to make ends meet.

The Old Oak (2023)

The Old Oak (2023)

British Cinema | BBC Two | 2026 | 1'48'09''

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community in County Durham struggles to hold on to his pub and keep it as the one remaining public space pe...

Versus – The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Versus – The Life and Films of Ken Loach

British Cinema | BBC Two | 2016 | 1'29'31''

Ken Loach reflects on his often controversial career, with comments from colleagues, friends and family.

Grenfell

Grenfell

Inequality and stratification | BBC One | 2018 | 1'29'18''

Documentary filmed throughout the year following the Grenfell Tower fire, hearing from those directly affected by the most devastating tower block fire in British h...

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Changing youth cultures | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'42''

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Changing youth cultures | BBC Two | 2022 | 58'37''

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

Saltburn (2023)

Saltburn (2023)

British Cinema | BBC One | 2025 | 2'01'54''

A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming, aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling ...

Trainspotting (1996)

Trainspotting (1996)

British Cinema | Channel 4 | 1997 | 1'29'50''

Smart, funny, sickly, and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never...

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Crime and Deviance | BBC One | 2025 | 58'51''

Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...

04: Only Connect | The Other Side

04: Only Connect | The Other Side

History | BBC Two | 1979 | 50'33''

When researching the UK labour movement at the turn of the twentieth century, Graham discovers the pioneering socialist and gay rights camp...

Steps Back | Play for Today

Steps Back | Play for Today

Media Studies | BBC One | 1973 | 47'07''

Fifteen years after leaving Brighouse Gerry takes his fiancee, Nita, home. What will they find?

04: Pig’s Head and Bed Bug | A Labour of Love

04: Pig’s Head and Bed Bug | A Labour of Love

Family and Households | BBC Two | 1993 | 39'31''

This program focuses on the daily struggle for survival in Britain by millions of families who lived in poverty, includin...

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

European Cinema | BBC Two | 2024 | 2'18'22''

Models Carl and Yaya are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues' gallery of super-rich passengers - but a storm is brewing, and the cruise ends...

Dream Baby

Dream Baby

Media Studies | BBC Two | 1989 | 1'19'43''

A bitter sweet comedy abt the romantic entanglements of two young Scottish girls in Edinburgh. Annie's life is in choas and she has two boyfriends to get rid of. ...

Swallow Your Leader

Swallow Your Leader

Documentary Media | BBC Two | 1972 | 29'36''

One weekend three groups met in the country. They were: working-class children from Liverpool, members of a commune and youth workers at Formby Hall and ...

02: Edinburgh – Crime | Darren McGarvey’s Scotland

02: Edinburgh – Crime | Darren McGarvey’s Scotland

Crime and Deviance | BBC Scotland | 2019 | 29'01''

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? Bu...

Episode 1 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

Episode 1 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

Acquiring Culture | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'35''

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how succ...

Class By Class

Class By Class

Changing patterns of the family | Channel 4 | 1991 | 26'12''

This programme looks at the Lyons, a lower middle class family.

Organised Crime in Liverpool | Panorama

Organised Crime in Liverpool | Panorama

Acquiring Culture | BBC One | 2023 | 50'09''

Explores how ordinary people in Liverpool are paying the price for gang crime and drug crime in their community. Drug lords and organ...

Part 2 – Are The Super Rich Good for Britain? | The Super-Rich and Us

Part 2 – Are The Super Rich Good for Britain? | The Super-Rich and Us

Economics | BBC Two | 2015 | 38'51''

An exploration into the lives of billionaires and issues such as tax avoidance, capitalism, socie...

Part 1 – Are The Super Rich Good for Britain? | The Super-Rich and Us

Part 1 – Are The Super Rich Good for Britain? | The Super-Rich and Us

Economics | BBC Two | 2015 | 10'24''

An exploration into whether the spending of the super rich benefits all of us in Britain. While t...

Gender Equality – Have We Reached It? | The Trouble with Working Women

Gender Equality – Have We Reached It? | The Trouble with Working Women

Feminism | BBC Two | 2009 | 55'02''

An exploration of issues relating to gender equality and what inequalities still exist in today'...

The Global Financial Crisis | Super Rich: The Greed Game

The Global Financial Crisis | Super Rich: The Greed Game

Distribution of political participation | BBC Two | 2008 | 20'58''

The world's economy brought into crisis as a result of loans to 'sub-prime borrowers'.

The Rise of the Super Rich | Super Rich: The Greed Game

The Rise of the Super Rich | Super Rich: The Greed Game

Distribution of political participation | BBC Two | 2008 | 16'20''

The making of the super rich in the early 2000s through private equity firms and hedge funds.

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 4 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 4 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Economics | BBC Two | 2016 | 22'14''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills ...

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 3 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 3 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Economics | BBC Two | 2016 | 31'49''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills ...

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 2 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 2 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Economics | BBC Two | 2016 | 22'39''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills ...

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 1 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Britain’s Lowest Paid Jobs – Part 1 | Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Economics | BBC Two | 2016 | 35'58''

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills ...

Are Grammar Schools the Right Approach? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Are Grammar Schools the Right Approach? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Patterns and statistics in politics | BBC Two | 2011 | 4'29''

This clip explores grammar schools and whether they help level the playing fiel...

Private Vs Comprehensive | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Private Vs Comprehensive | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Patterns and statistics in politics | BBC Two | 2011 | 11'01''

Since the decline of grammar schools a comparison is made of how comprehensive schools and pri...

Is Westminster dominated by a privileged elite? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Is Westminster dominated by a privileged elite? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Patterns and statistics in politics | BBC Two | 2011 | 12'22''

Exploration of issues of social class and education. Whether a public s...

Fish Tank (2009)

Fish Tank (2009)

British Cinema | BBC HD | 2011 | 1'55'50''

Volatile Mia (Katie Jarvis), 15, tries to escape from her harsh life on a council estate by learning to street dance. Then she meets her Mum's handsome and ...

Episode 3 | How the Other Half Live

Episode 3 | How the Other Half Live

Ethnicity and stratification | Channel 4 | 2009 | 47'58''

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

Episode 2 | How the Other Half Live

Episode 2 | How the Other Half Live

Ethnicity and stratification | Channel 4 | 2009 | 48'34''

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

Episode 1 | How the Other Half Live

Episode 1 | How the Other Half Live

Ethnicity and stratification | Channel 4 | 2009 | 48'21''

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

One Year On | How the Other Half Live

One Year On | How the Other Half Live

Ethnicity and stratification | Channel 4 | 2010 | 47'37''

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

06: Trouble Ahead | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

06: Trouble Ahead | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

Social class | BBC Four | 2001 | 49'10''

Program looks at the way traditional middle-class values and attitudes have been killed off by society and econ...

04: Trouble Makers | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

04: Trouble Makers | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

Social class | BBC Four | 2001 | 48'33''

Middle class radicals come under the spotlight, including Angie Zelter, who has been imprisoned sixteen times ...

03: Leaders of Society | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

03: Leaders of Society | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

Social class | BBC Four | 2001 | 49'00''

This prog looks at how the upper middle classes replaced the aristocracy as the establishment, illustrated...

02: Them and Us | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

02: Them and Us | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

Social class | BBC Four | 2001 | 47'09''

tracing the history of the middle classes this programme examines the snobbery & insecurities of the years betwee...

01: The People in Between | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

01: The People in Between | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

Social class | BBC Four | 2001 | 48'59''

Geoffrey Palmer narrates a six-part documentary series tracing the evolution of the middle class in Bri...

S01E04: Rear-View Mirror | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

S01E04: Rear-View Mirror | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

Health and Wellbeing | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'59''

As Darren examines social class, he begins to wonder if we can ever overthrow the legacy it continues to exert ...

S01E03: Power to the People | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

S01E03: Power to the People | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

Economics | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'58''

As Darren examines the power imbalance which lies at the heart of social class, he begins to question whethe...

S01E02: Home Sweet Home | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

S01E02: Home Sweet Home | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

Changing patterns of the family | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 58'00''

Darren examines how social class and where we live impacts our lives in ways that few realise, from our addictio...

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars

Demographic trends | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'59''

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the clas...

02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In

02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In

Distribution of political participation | BBC Scotland | 2024 | 58'58''

Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amaz...

How to Break into the Elite

How to Break into the Elite

Changing youth cultures | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'07''

Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain's elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to bre...