Benefits claimants volunteer to live by the rules of the first year of the welfare state. This first episode asks how the state should supp...
Angels over battlefields, the birth of the welfare state, US evangelism and a revolution in sexual freedom are all factor...
In the end, the election was fought and decided over two main issues: demobilisation and housing.
Winston Churchill's first election broadcast in 1945 might be remembered as his greatest gaffe.
The war changed many things, and access to healthcare was one of them.
Uniquely in modern British history, the 1945 Labour Manifesto was a genuine bestseller.
How did the election reflect the dramatically changed working lives of women?
During the 1945 election, there were still almost five million servicemen and women.
How could politicians know what voters were thinking in 1945?
William Beveridge's plan was an answer to the question of what we were fighting for.
With the war in Europe at an end, Churchill and Attlee became fierce election rivals.
David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age. Why did Winston Churchill find himself so decisively r...
A look at Britain's social services, including interviews with Professor Peter Townsend and Anthony Crosland.
Six young people trace their family histories to find out what life was like in post-war Britain, discovering how society has changed.
The story of the birth of the NHS, revealing how close its opponents came to defeating it and why the some of the fiercest opposition came fro...
Exam revision programme focusing on the Liberal reforms, women's suffrage, the Home Front, the General Strike, the Depression...
Kirsty investigates how the newly formed NHS saved the l...
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