Presented by Peter France Taff Vale
In 1900 the railway workers of Taff Vale embarked on a strike which has political implications to this day. Timewatch examines the first great clash between the Trades Unions and the law. The Island and its Past
How the people of the Isle of Dogs in the Thames Estuary are rediscovering their past. Special Branch
At the height of her powers, Victorian Britain boasted that she didn't need a political police. After explosions in the Underground, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament, she changed her mind. Timewatch investigates the birth of the Special Branch.
Producer DIANA LASHMORE Executive producer TIMOTHY GARDAM