Wayward Women

All Episodes 2008

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  • 2008-05-28T23:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 25m (1 episode)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Wayward women tells the tale of some of history's most fascinating females and combines strong story telling from celebrities and academics with the unique atmosphere and ambience of a burlesque venue. This series focuses on women from Yorkshire and the North East of England. It is a great short introduction to women you may not have heard of before. It is not an in depth program, but it is intended to spark your interest so that you will explore more on your own. Historians and psychologists add fact to the rumours. Each story is accompanied by artistic re-enactments, archive stills and burlesque artists.Commentors include: Germaine Greer, Carol McGiffin, Scott Henshall, Michelle Heaton, Jayne Middlemiss and Simon Donald.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2008-05-28T23:00:00Z

1x01 Wicked & Wild

Series Premiere

1x01 Wicked & Wild

  • 2008-05-28T23:00:00Z25m

Episode 1 Wicked and Wild features: Lady Seymour Worsley (Peephole Princess), Sophie Dawes (First Lady of Lust), Lady Sybilla Metham (York's Robber Barroness), Jane Jameson (Red Hot Killer) and Wallis Simpson (Queen of the Goldiggers).

1x02 Witches & Deviants

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Episode 2 Witches and Deviants features: Rose Carr (Man-Woman from Hornsea), Jane Atkinson (The Washington Witch), Mary Bateman (Durham's Poisonous Mistic), The Kirklee's Nuns, Ann Crampton (Morpeth), Anne Armstrong (Witch Hunter) and Jane Gomeldon (Newcastle's Lesbian Adventuress).

1x03 Traitors & Rebels

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Episode 3 features: Diana Mitford (Scandalous Socialite), Unity Mitford (A Facist Heart), Josephine Butler (Fighter for Justice), Jane Edson Brailsford (Newcastle's Prisoner Conscience), Margaret Douglas (Royal Rebel), Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (Jarrows's Political Pioneer), and Emily Wilding Davison (Morpeth's Militant Martyr).

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