LEARNING ZONE BROADBAND

Duration: 01:54

What life was like for children who worked in the mines during the Industrial Revolution. Pay and working conditions were poor and life expectancy short.

Duration: 00:34

Many working class girls went into domestic service. Pay was poor but conditions were better than in the factories and mines.

Duration: 00:35

The social reformer, later Earl of Shaftesbury, visiting a mine where children worked. Shaftesbury's reforms gradually brought about better working conditions for children.

Duration: 03:16

A description of the rise and fall of the coal and steel industries in South Wales.

Duration: 03:53

Debt in Tanzania and war between Ethiopia and Eritrea have led to richer countries responding with different forms of aid.

Duration: 3:39

The deep shaft mine at Orgreave in Yorkshire provided employment to many people in the surrounding villages. Although the work could be very dangerous the closure of the deep shaft mines in the 1980s was not popular.

Duration: 5:41

A mini-drama illustrating what life was like for children working in Victorian-era coal mines.

Duration: 02:14

Following a member of the Karen National Liberation Army during a typical day in the forests of Burma. The Liberation Army are fighting for the homeland they were promised by the British after independence.

Duration: 04:32

Simon Weston catches up with some former Bevin Boys who tell their vital but often forgotten role in the war effort.

Duration: 02:59

Following a Russian soldier on a typical day during the conflict in Chechnya as he talks about his life and explains why he enlisted.

Duration: 02:08

How the salt mines in County Antrim were formed and what the salt is used for.

Duration: 01:26

A review of the pull factors that encouraged large numbers of Scots to emigrate to Australia and New Zealand.