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In this second programme Amanda Vickery describes the paradox for British women of a female queen who thought women's rights campaigners deserved a good whipping. But during Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed the lives and opportunities of their sex, despite successive governments furiously resisting giving women the vote.

In this second programme Amanda Vickery describes the paradox for British women of a female queen who thought women's rights campaigners deserved a good whipping. But during Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed the lives and opportunities of their sex, despite successive governments furiously resisting giving women the vote.

In the final episode of her story of British women's fight for power, the historian Amanda Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became a quasi-terrorist organisation. She asks what they achieved with their violent campaign and argues they are best understood as part of a war still going on today.

In the final episode of her story of British women's fight for power, the historian Amanda Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became a quasi-terrorist organisation. She asks what they achieved with their violent campaign and argues they are best understood as part of a war still going on today.

2018 marks 100 years since the first women over the age of 30, who owned property, were allowed to vote in the UK. The fight for the vote was about much more than just the Pankhurst family or Emily Davidson's fateful collision with the king's horse. In this film, Lucy is at the heart of the drama, alongside a group of less well known, but equally astonishing, young working-class suffragettes who decided to go against every rule and expectation that Edwardian society had about them.

2018 marks 100 years since the first women over the age of 30, who owned property, were allowed to vote in the UK. The fight for the vote was about much more than just the Pankhurst family or Emily Davidson's fateful collision with the king's horse. In this film, Lucy is at the heart of the drama, alongside a group of less well known, but equally astonishing, young working-class suffragettes who decided to go against every rule and expectation that Edwardian society had about them.

How some species survived the ice age that began 2.8 million years ago.

How some species survived the ice age that began 2.8 million years ago.

In episode two, Fortey focuses on the 'KT boundary'. 65 million years ago, a 10 km diameter asteroid collided with the Earth and saw the end of the long reign of the dinosaurs.

In episode two, Fortey focuses on the 'KT boundary'. 65 million years ago, a 10 km diameter asteroid collided with the Earth and saw the end of the long reign of the dinosaurs.

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread.

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread.

Documentary following a team of maritime archaeologists as they uncover the remarkable city of Heracleion, lost to the sea and forgotten for over two thousand years.

Documentary following a team of maritime archaeologists as they uncover the remarkable city of Heracleion, lost to the sea and forgotten for over two thousand years.

  • Symphony

  • BBC

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity

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Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity.The first episode begins amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution with the arrival in England of Joseph Haydn, dubbed the \'Father of the Symphony\'.

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Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity.The first episode begins amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution with the arrival in England of Joseph Haydn, dubbed the \'Father of the Symphony\'.

Simon Russell Beale looks at the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz and Liszt.

Simon Russell Beale looks at the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz and Liszt.

How nationalist voices such as Dvorak and Sibelius took the symphony to wider audiences.

How nationalist voices such as Dvorak and Sibelius took the symphony to wider audiences.

Simon Russell Beale\'s journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of empire were falling away, war was looming and the world was changing faster than ever before.

Simon Russell Beale\'s journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of empire were falling away, war was looming and the world was changing faster than ever before.

With the Moogs turned up to 11, a 1970s and 80s journey through the BBC's synthpop archives from Roxy Music and Tubeway Army to New Order and Sparks.

With the Moogs turned up to 11, a 1970s and 80s journey through the BBC's synthpop archives from Roxy Music and Tubeway Army to New Order and Sparks.

  • Thatcher: A Very British Revolution - Series 1

  • James House

The irresistible rise and dramatic downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Her inner circle reveal how a political outsider won power and dominated British life through a turbulent decade.

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The irresistible rise and dramatic downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Her inner circle reveal how a political outsider won power and dominated British life through a turbulent decade.

Margaret Thatcher's inner circle reveals how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a prominent political figure in Britain.

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Margaret Thatcher's inner circle reveals how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a prominent political figure in Britain.

Mrs Thatcher struggles to cling to power as the economy collapses, riots break out and she is subverted by members of her own cabinet.

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Mrs Thatcher struggles to cling to power as the economy collapses, riots break out and she is subverted by members of her own cabinet.

Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade union movement, and her life is threatened by the IRA.

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Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade union movement, and her life is threatened by the IRA.

As Mrs Thatcher’s government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle and personal relationships in her own family are exposed.

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As Mrs Thatcher’s government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle and personal relationships in her own family are exposed.

Mrs Thatcher’s leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, leading to the challenge that ends in her dramatic downfall.

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Mrs Thatcher’s leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, leading to the challenge that ends in her dramatic downfall.

  • The Age of Uncertainty

  • Adrian Malone
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Professor JK Galbraith presents a series on the history of economics.

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Professor JK Galbraith presents a series on the history of economics.

Prof JK Galbraith sets out his personal view of democracy, comparing politics in Switzerland, Britain and the US and emphasising Nehru's influence in India

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Prof JK Galbraith sets out his personal view of democracy, comparing politics in Switzerland, Britain and the US and emphasising Nehru's influence in India

JK Galbraith investigates the impact of Karl Marx on our economic interpretation of society, exploring how his life and work set the pattern for a socialist future

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JK Galbraith investigates the impact of Karl Marx on our economic interpretation of society, exploring how his life and work set the pattern for a socialist future

In Mexico and the Punjab, on the cotton fields of the old South and the farm where he was born, Prof Galbraith confronts the tragedy of the landless poor.

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In Mexico and the Punjab, on the cotton fields of the old South and the farm where he was born, Prof Galbraith confronts the tragedy of the landless poor.

JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument for social change, looking especially at Lenin, who spent most of the war exiled in Switzerland urging soldiers to start a world revolution.

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JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument for social change, looking especially at Lenin, who spent most of the war exiled in Switzerland urging soldiers to start a world revolution.

JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.

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JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.

Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present. He looks at the potent myths that sustained colonialism and the real motives behind them.

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Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present. He looks at the potent myths that sustained colonialism and the real motives behind them.

JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.

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JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.

JK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his own involvement in those momentous years.

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JK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his own involvement in those momentous years.

Prof Galbraith looks at the economic and social forces that turned the magnificent conception of the princely city step by step into the modern metropolis.

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Prof Galbraith looks at the economic and social forces that turned the magnificent conception of the princely city step by step into the modern metropolis.

From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, JK Galbraith traces the history of money - its uses and abuses, successes and disasters.

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From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, JK Galbraith traces the history of money - its uses and abuses, successes and disasters.