Lefties

All Episodes 2006

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  • 2006-02-08T00:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
This three-part series from Vanessa Engle revisits the turbulent era when the extreme Left was a serious and significant political force that believed it could change the world for the better. Weaving together interviews and archive footage, each film relives a different aspect of the Left in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.
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3 episodes

Series Premiere

2006-02-08T00:00:00Z

1x01 Property Is Theft

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Series Premiere

1x01 Property Is Theft

  • 2006-02-08T00:00:00Z — 1h

This programme looks at Villa Road, a squatted street in Brixton in the 70s where residents lived by their left-wing beliefs of communal living, collective action and a commitment to Marxist ideology.

2006-02-15T00:00:00Z

1x02 Angry Wimmin

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1x02 Angry Wimmin

  • 2006-02-15T00:00:00Z — 1h

This programme looks at the movement of Revolutionary Feminism in the late 70s, developing out of radical and socialist feminism.

2006-02-22T00:00:00Z

1x03 A Lot Of Balls

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1x03 A Lot Of Balls

  • 2006-02-22T00:00:00Z — 1h

This programme tells the story of the News on Sunday, a left-wing mass market Sunday newspaper launched in 1987, with a controversial advertising campaign, the paper ceased publication later the same year.

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