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An American woman commentator looks at the effects of rationing on a typical family in Britain at the end of the war. The film is interesting not only for the explanation of how the rationing system worked...
Dr Gordon Smith and Dr Rodney Barker discuss challenges and alternatives to parliamentary democracy.
Examines the case of Herbert Marin, a human rights worker who ‘disappeared’ in 1986, and gives details of the problems of ‘disappearences’ and extra-judicial executions taking place in Colombia....
One of the Ministry of Information propaganda trailers that were distributed through commercial newsreel companies and reached a massive audience. This one discloses how to make suet dumplings without...
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The expression of ‘open government’ and a relaxation of the secrecy which surrounds much of local and central government is a concept which both major parties have welcomed in theory but have shown...
Looks at how health in Britain is monitored, noting that general practices are now run more like businesses, giving doctors greater freedom to offer a wider range of services to patients. People are...
Looks at the history of crime from the 19th century to the present from two different points of view. Geoff Pearson begins the programme by tracing hooliganism from the 1950s back to the 1890s. Steven Davies...
Shows Regina Gordilho’s campaign for justice in Brazil following the killing of her son Marcellus after his arrest by the police. Regina’s determination contributed to the five officers involved being...
As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, railway services are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and delayed trains. Examines whether the government’s railway privatisation...
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