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Phil Tinline asks historian David Carpenter to explain how Magna Carta challenged King John's tyranny in 1215 and asks Saudi human rights activist Ghanem Almasarir for his response Show more
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Lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith explains how he used 'habeas corpus' on behalf of a British detainee in Guantanamo Bay, and Dr Rachel Hammersley explains its origins in 1620s England. Show more
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Dr Christienna Fryar tells the story of a Jamaican slave rebellion in 1831, and how it contributed to Britain's abolition of slavery. With Kimberly McIntosh of the Runnymede Trust. Show more
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Jon Lawrence tells the story of the struggle of Victorian working men to form unions with real power. And courier Max Dewhurst talks about struggling to unionise the 'gig economy'. Show more
57 minutes
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Phil Tinline asks historians to trace the story of struggles for liberty in Britain, and invites people still involved in those struggles today to give their take on the history. Show more
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Phil Tinline asks Robin Eagles to explain how John Wilkes fought for the right to criticize the powerful in the 1770s - and asks journalist Sally Murrer about why she was arrested. Show more
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The historian Justin Champion explains how the idea of religious toleration emerged from 1680s England - and asks Dr Richard Scott about Christians' experience of this today. Show more
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Professor Frank Mort tells the story of how the legal taboo against male homosexuality was gradually broken down. Lisa Power recalls the push for full gay equality that followed. Show more
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David Vincent traces the history of the struggle against Britain's culture of secrecy. Heather Brooke recalls how she used the 2000 FOI Act to expose the MPs' expenses scandal. Show more
57 minutes
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Phil Tinline asks historians to trace the story of struggles for liberty in Britain, and invites people still involved in those struggles today to give their take on the history. Show more
14 minutes
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Professor Marianne Elliott tells the story of the struggle to free Catholics from laws which stopped them becoming MPs. Siobhain McDonagh MP reflects on what this means to her. Show more
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Dr Sharon Thompson tells the story of the struggle to win Victorian married women a crucial freedom. Julie Arnold finds out how this shaped the result of her recent divorce case. Show more
