Ian Hislop salutes the unsung heroes of Victorian Britain who improved cities, housing and worki...
Four 11-year-old girls leave the familiarity of their prep schools to join Cheltenham Ladies' College.
Geoffrey Palmer narrates a six-part documentary series tracing the evolution of the middle class in Brit...
Four girls leave tiny primary schools on Scotland islands to start secondary school on the mainland.
Ian Hislop celebrates the dynamic and eccentric Victorian reformers who brought about the most remar...
tracing the history of the middle classes this programme examines the snobbery & insecurities of the years between...
This prog looks at how the upper middle classes replaced the aristocracy as the establishment, illustrated ...
Four London kids make the transition from their familiar primary schools to an inner-city secondary school.
The perils of booze and sex are the focus for the final episode of Ian Hislop's series about Victori...
Middle class radicals come under the spotlight, including Angie Zelter, who has been imprisoned sixteen times f...
This program compares the country's oldest school, Winchester College, with a local comprehensive to illustra...
Program looks at the way traditional middle-class values and attitudes have been killed off by society and econo...
Phil Parry reports on new figures on drinking which show that Wales has become the binge drinking capital of Britain. He...
Laurie Taylor explores a unique piece of research conducted by BBC Lab UK and social scientists. Plus a tri...
New research shows that the standard of teaching is the most important factor to a child's education. So why are so many bad teachers being al...
Is the term 'Chav' indicative of a growing tendency to demonise the working class? Laurie discusses class and popular culture. ...
This programme looks at the Lyons, a lower middle class family.
How London has changed since Charles Booth's survey recorded social conditions in 1886. Deptford High Street was onc...
1944 Education Act secondary education for all, selective tripartite system. Cultural capital. Cultura...
Four famous volunteers live with families who can't afford to eat. Theo Paphitis moves in with a working mum who regularly skips meals to...
Tony Parsons talks to the middleclass Jones family who live near Liverpool and run their own business.
The story of one school's groundbreaking battle to save problem pupils from the scrap heap and bring exam success.
Newspaper columnist Tony PARSONS explores the British class system. How have the aristocratic Gordon-Duff-Penningtons, owner of Muncaster C...
Laurie Taylor discusses the largest ever survey of UK levels of deprivation. Plus new research on people who ...
Newspaper columnist Tony Parsons explores the British class system. Tonight focuses on the Annely family who although working class ha...
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