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Working Class Britain | Underclass to hero, how the working class has been portrayed
About this collection
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.
This collection was created in partnership with BBC Two's 'White' season, which explored the current challenges facing the white working class.
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Working Class Britain Collection
Morning in the Streets
The people of Liverpool tell stories of their past and present.
News Extra
British Shipbuilding in 1961
What kind of future might 1961 promise to the shipbuilding industry?
Ten O'Clock Bulletin
Scottish Miners Visit Eton
Promoting better understanding between social classes and nations.
Man Alive
Not in Our Class, Dear
How class conscious are we? Can Britain ever be a classless society?
Man Alive
Top Class People
How working-class celebrities like Twiggy became fashionable.
Five Generations
The Changing Environment
A study of how urbanisation has changed working class speech and traditions.
Five Generations
The Response To The Environment
The language of the English working class explored.
News
Brewery & Social Clubs give beer to Troops
Working Men's Clubs send good cheer to the troops in Northern Ireland.
File on Four
Miners' Strike
'File on Four' shares the experiences of striking miners in Goldthorpe.
A Touch Of Midas
Michael Caine
Actor Michael Caine discusses wealth, marriage and ambition.
Horizon
Death of the Working Classes
Why do the working class in Britain die young?
News
Working Men's Clubs
Should unescorted women be allowed into Working Men's Clubs?
The Interview
George Best
Football legend George Best bares his soul about his personal life.
White Van Man Speaks
Is it the van or the man inside it at the centre of the battle for British roads?
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