Back in Time for the Factory - Season 1 - Eps 1: 1968
The workers start their journey in 1968, when The Beatles and Tom Jones are topping the pop music charts, Harold Wilson of Britain's Labor Party is Prime Minister and big hair abounds. It is also the year that female strikers in Dagenham brought a Ford automobile factory to a standstill and the question of women's pay into the headlines. The workers' first task is to produce pink nylon slips - a staple of British women's wardrobes in an era when only 30% of houses had central heating. But to do that they need to master the sewing and overlock machines on the factory ...
About Back in Time for the Factory
Title: Back in Time for the Factory
First Air Date: 2018-09-06
Last Air Date: 2018-10-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 6/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 5
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Wall to Wall
Synopsis
A group of modern women are going back in time to the 60s, 70s and 80s to work and live through three decades of British factory life and learn how an unsung army of female workers took on the fight for equality at work and at home - how will these 21st-century women adapt to a period of rampant sexism, huge gender pay gaps and tough working conditions?
