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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History | Power, Politics and Society

Civil rights movements

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

S11E03: Rosa | Doctor Who

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC One | 2018 | 49'25''

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wo...

7: Women’s Liberation | 1900s House

7: Women’s Liberation | 1900s House

Civil rights movements | Channel 4 | 1999

The arrival of the maid has given Joyce the freedom to investigate the history of the suffragette movement. But the more she learns...

S9E3: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

S9E3: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

Civil rights movements | CBBC | 2021 | 17'32''

Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmeline ...

20th Century Wrap: 2: 1910s: Why Didn’t Suffragettes Win the Vote? | History File

20th Century Wrap: 2: 1910s: Why Didn’t Suffragettes Win the Vote? | History File

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1995 | 24'03''

This programme investigates the Suffragette movement.

6: Sylvia Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

6: Sylvia Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'14'49''

1914: War is declared, and women still do not have the vote.

5: Outrage | Shoulder to Shoulder

5: Outrage | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'05''

The campaign grows. Suffragettes destroy property, and Emily Wilding Davison becomes a martyr to the cause.

4: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

4: Christabel Pankhurst | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'47''

Black Friday - 18 November 1910. A violent struggle in Parliament Square between suffragettes and police. But why don't the po...

1: The Pankhurts | Shoulder to Shoulder

1: The Pankhurts | Shoulder to Shoulder

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 1974 | 1'13'30''

1898: Dr and Mrs Pankhurst and their four children are living comfortably in Manchester. However, in that year an event occurs which ...

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Martin Luther King: American Prophet

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2008 | 59'19''

Since his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King has become known as a champion of freedom. Oona King goes on a journey through the D...

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'09''

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, speaking to the people who organis...

Clare Balding’s Secrets of a Suffragette

Clare Balding’s Secrets of a Suffragette

Civil rights movements | Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'51''

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of ...

Gaskin

Gaskin

Being in care | BBC Two | 1983 | 1'13'17''

Drama based on the case history of a Liverpool boy, Graham Gaskin, who spent most of his youth in care. Graham Gaskin says it is not just his story - 'It's all the ot...

Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

Civil rights movements | BBC Parliament | 2009 | 8'53''

When women were battling to win the vote, Parliament was on the front line. Rosalyn Ball looks back at the Suffragettes' campaign.

Suffragette City | A History of the World

Suffragette City | A History of the World

Civil rights movements | BBC One | 2010 | 28'56''

It was the campaign that changed the lives of British women forever. Actress Sheila Hancock is given unprecedented access to the Mu...

Episode 3 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Episode 3 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'01''

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became...

Episode 2 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Episode 2 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 58'43''

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. During Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed ...

Episode 1 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Episode 1 | Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

Civil rights movements | BBC Two | 2015 | 59'04''

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement, beginning wi...

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Civil rights movements | BBC One | 2018 | 1'29'01''

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

5: Activists | Icons

5: Activists | Icons

Citizenship | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'01''

Exploring the achievements of the greatest figures of the 20th century. Examining the lives of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller and Mart...

Living in the USA | Face to Face

Living in the USA | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'38''

Martin Luther King explains why he doesn't move to a less discriminatory country and why it is important that he fights for equality in the US.

Non-violent success | Face to Face

Non-violent success | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'29''

Martin Luther King speaks to the success of non-violent protest.

Non-violence | Face to Face

Non-violence | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 1'21''

Martin Luther King talks about the importance of non-violent protest in the civil rights movement.

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

Fear and leadership | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 2'11''

Martin Luther King reflects on the difficult times he faced being a leader and symbol of the civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Rosa Parks | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 3'09''

Martin Luther King tells the story of Rosa Parks, the ''Bus Boycott'' and how this lead to his rise a civil rights leader.

Token integration | Face to Face

Token integration | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 3'26''

Martin Luther King reflects on the lawful change he has witnessed with regard to integration.

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Segregation and violence | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 4'21''

Martin Luther King speaks of his experiences of segregation and violence as a child.

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

Colour discrimination | Face to Face

Civil rights movement in the USA | BBC | 1961 | 2'32''

Martin Luther King recalls his first instance of being discriminated for his race at the age of six.

The Suffragettes’ (Song) | Horrible Histories

The Suffragettes’ (Song) | Horrible Histories

Civil rights movements | CBBC | 2011 | 2'41''

Emily Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett sing about their involvement in getting the right to vote for women.

Rosa Parks – I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories

Rosa Parks – I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories

Civil rights movement in the USA | CBBC | 2013 | 2'54''

Rosa Parks shares about how she helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, all by sitting on a bus!

Martin Luther King – They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories

Martin Luther King – They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories

Civil rights movement in the USA | CBBC | 2017 | 2'14''

Martin Luther King on the struggle to earn racial equality in America and the many famous faces t...

Artefact: Nellie Dean’s Letter | Michael Wood’s Story of England

Artefact: Nellie Dean’s Letter | Michael Wood’s Story of England

Civil rights movements | BBC Four | 2010 | 2'49''

Michael Wood learns about Suffragette Nellie Taylor and her experiences during a London window-s...

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