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2 Freedom from Unlawful Detention

The story of the struggle for 'habeas corpus' in an England on the verge of Civil War.

• 14 mins

3 Freedom of Religion

How post-Civil War England produced a radical idea - Toleration - and its role today.

• 14 mins

4 Freedom of the Press

How a libertine called John Wilkes fought for the right to criticize the powerful, and won

• 14 mins

5 Freedom of Association

The struggle of Victorian working men to form trade unions with real negotiating power.

• 14 mins

Week One Omnibus - From Magna Carta to Victorian Trade Unions

A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.

• 57 mins

6. The Abolition of Atlantic Chattel Slavery

The Jamaican slave rebellion that contributed to Britain's abolition of slavery.

• 14 mins

7 Catholic Emancipation

The long struggle to free pre-Victorian Catholics from laws barring them from public life.

• 14 mins

8. The Married Women's Property Act

The struggle to win married women's right to own property and be counted as full citizens.

• 14 mins

9 Gay Rights

The decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the struggle for equal rights that followed.

• 14 mins

10. Freedom of Information

How the British public won the right to know more of the truth about the conduct of power.

• 14 mins

Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act

A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.

• 57 mins