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Planet eStream

A collection of programmes and video clips are available online via Planet eStream. You can access Planet eStream from college, home or your mobile device.

A selection of useful programmes for your course are available below, but there are many more available when you explore Planet eStream.

Planet eStream programmes

Suffragettes Forever !

Suffragettes Forever !

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement.

Suffragette Movie

Suffragette Movie

(2015) Drama exploring the increasingly defiant campaign by British women for equality and the right to vote in the years before WWI.

Suffragettes : Battling for Votes

Suffragettes : Battling for Votes

A hundred years ago the suffragettes took their fight for votes to parliament.

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

The story of a group of working-class women conducting a dangerous campaign for the vote

Claire Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Claire Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Clare Balding examines the story of Emily Davison and the Suffragette movement

In Self Defence: Tonight

In Self Defence: Tonight

Self defence and the rights of homeowners to protect themselves.

Parliamentary Government

Parliamentary Government

The programme aims to explain the nature of democracy in the UK.  

Inside The Houses Of...

Inside The Houses Of...

Documentary about the buildings at the heart of British government, home to our most famous leaders and scandals..

The Trial: A Murder in the Family

The Trial: A Murder in the Family

A fictional murder case is tried in a real court by  legal professionals and a real jury.

The Murder Trial

The Murder Trial

Remotely operated cameras are placed inside a British criminal court to capture a murder trial in its entirety.

Banged up: Teens behind bars

Eight British teen tearaways are locked up in one of America's toughest jails

Three girls

Holly finds herself drawn into a frightening world she is unable to escape.