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A Revolution in Five Acts

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The third of five daily programmes looking at acts of Parliament which helped redraw the lines between the state and society in Victorian Britain. Today Ian Hislop looks at the part played by sex, medicine and the rise of feminism during the turbulent years between the passing and repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Producer Tom Alban. Repeated at 9.30pm

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Victorian Britain.
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Ian Hislop
Producer:
Tom Alban.
Source: Radio Times

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