S1986 E1 • The Master Builders

Peter France introduces the programme from the British Museum after outlining the story of the Museum. An item about the origins of the British Prison Service, and an early and unsuccessful - reform experiment called "The Separate System" An item revealing the way the Brothers Grimm changed the tales which they wrote down, to suit emerging German nationalism. Michael Duffy introduces an item about English nationalism in the 17th and 18th century, focussing especially on satirical prints of Welsh, Scots, and Irish nationals.

Première diffusion : 6 mars 1986

S1986 E2 • Most Dangerous Women

Three items: Lady Jane Grey was used by men of power when she was alive and male propagandists when she was dead. A film about her will be released next month. What interpretation do its makers offer of the 16 year-old girl who was beheaded for treason. Peter France shows how close the leaders of a woman's international peace movement came to getting the most powerful men in the world to stop the First World War in the middle of 1915. Peter France reveals how one woman artist left a vivid record of the domestic surroundings of her time simply because she was denied the opportunities freely available to her male contemporaries.

Première diffusion : 3 avril 1986