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A Century of Fatherhood

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A Century of Fatherhood: Episode 1: The Good Father

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The Good Father

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Episode 1: The Good Father

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A look at how a lot of fathers in the early C20th did not adhere to the myth of sternness.

Series charting the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain over the last 100 years. The opening part explodes the myth of the tyrannical Victorian-style father.

Series which tells the story of the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain during the last hundred years. Using intimate testimony, rare archive footage and the latest historical research it reveals the important, and often misunderstood, role played by fathers. 

The opening part explodes the popular myth of the tyrannical Victorian-style father, whose children were seen and not heard. The majority of men did not harshly punish their children: they were good and devoted dads who took their job as provider and protector of their family seriously.

Those who tragically lost their lives in the First World War are still fondly remembered by sons and daughters today. Some dads even took part in the fathercraft movement that began in 1920 and which encouraged dads to change nappies and to form close relationships with their children from the beginning.

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The story of the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain during the last 100 years

Three-part series which tells the story of the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain during the last hundred years, sing intimate testimony, rare archive and the latest historical research

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