Britain's Most Historic Towns

Sky History 2 HD

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday 5 December

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Alice Roberts visits Manchester to explore the spirit of protest and revolution that grew out of the experience of Britain's working class during the Industrial Revolution. At the John Ryland Library, Alice is granted access to rarely-seen period documents that highlight the true human cost of the Peterloo massacre. At the Free Trade Hall, she explores how Manchester found itself at the heart of the battle against the hated Corn Laws, and at Chetham's Library, Roberts sits at the very desk where Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, inspired by the living conditions of Manchester's working poor, began the discussions and research that would lead to the publication of the Communist Manifesto