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The Past at Work: Railway Mania

Railway Mania

The Past at Work

BBC - The Past at Work, Railway Mania

Anthony Burton looks at the role of railway companies in the 19th Century. (1980)

First transmitted in 1980, Anthony Burton discovers more about Britain's industrial past and the role of railway companies in the 19th Century.

First transmitted in 1980, Anthony Burton travels from York through Leeds and Harrogate to discover more about Britain's industrial past and the role of railway companies in the 19th Century. Along the way, he finds out about the dark and dangerous work of tunnelling, the different classes of passenger coaches and the grandeur of railway hotels.

Anthony Burton presents a series on our industrial past

British Social History

Schools history programme featuring reconstructions of life in the past.

British Social History: Man Made the Slave

09/11/1981

Man Made the Slave

BBC One - British Social History, Man Made the Slave

The story of Thomas Cooper and protest movement the Leicester Chartists.

Set in the Midlands in 1840, this edition tells the story of Thomas Cooper, a leading member of protest movement the Leicester Chartists.

Tenko

Drama based on the experiences of a group of women who are taken as prisoners of war.

Drama based on the real life experiences of a group of women whose lives are changed forever when they are taken by the Japanese as prisoners of war after the fall of Singapore.

Tenko: Series 1: Episode 5

19/11/1981

Episode 5

Series 1

BBC One - Tenko, Series 1, Episode 5

The antagonism between the groups has grown. Marion is put under considerable pressure.

The antagonism between the British and the Dutch has grown since the smuggling incident. Marion, as British leader, is put under considerable pressure.

The antagonism between the British and the Dutch has grown since the smuggling incident. Marion, as British leader, is put under considerable pressure. She begins to doubt her own capabilities.

Tenko: Series 1

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

First series of drama about a group of women who are taken as prisoners of war in Japan.

First series of drama based on the real life experiences of a group of women who are taken by the Japanese as prisoners of war after the fall of Singapore.

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