Working Class Britain

Discover the roots of British working class traditions, remember some real working class heroes, and see how lives and attitudes have changed over the years by watching and listening to BBC programmes.

Programmes chosen from over 60 years of broadcasting reveal the changing ways in which the working class have been depicted by the media.

Morning in the Streets, 1959
video
The state of British shipbuilding, 1961
video
Scottish miners visit Eton, 1961
audio
Irish immigration to Britain, 1961
video
Waiting For Work, 1963
video
Not in Our Class, Dear - 1966
video
Top Class People, 1967
video
Five Generations - The Changing Environment
audio
Five Generations - Response To The Environment, 1967
audio
Equal pay for women, 1968
video
Beer gift, 1980
video
Miners' strike, 1984
audio
Biscuit Factory Workers, 1984
video
A Touch Of Midas, 1985
audio
Horizon: Death of the Working Classes, 1988
video
Gender question, 1995
video
The Interview - George Best, 1996
video
'White Van Man' speaks, 2005
audio

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