Ten Days That Shook the World

Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.

A look at the way TV affects and manipulates viewers.

Life in a Yorkshire mining community as preparations are in train for a wedding.

The story of three people retiring from work in the textile mills of Nelson in Lancashire, their families, and their changed way of life and community.

Documentary covering the famous Wigan Casino northern soul venue and the working class kids who spend all their money not on alcohol but on records and dancing all night.