Anne McElvoy explores how the values and principles of mutualism, based around a commitment to greater equality, and a push for working people to have more control over their lives became a central thrust of a socialist belief system. Her journey begins in Rochdale, where a small band of workers gave birth to the co-operative movement.

With:
Professor Tony Webster of Northumbria University
Gillian Lonergan of the Cooperative Heritage Trust
and
Professor Jon Lawrence of the University of Exeter

Producer: Sarah Shebbeare. Show less