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Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption
Documentary investigating the radical impact Sunday schools have had on British society. Huw Edwards discovers their forgotten history.
Documentary investigating the radical impact Sunday schools have had on British society. Their early pioneers upset local bigwigs and the state by teaching the lower orders to read. By Victorian times, huge numbers attended the schools and they even gave birth to major football clubs. In the twentieth century they still had a rich influence on the personal lives of people like Patricia Routledge, Roy Hattersley and Anne Widdecombe. Huw Edwards discovers their forgotten history.
Last on
Sun 18 Oct 2009
00:10
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Huw Edwards |
Broadcasts
- Thu 3 Jul 2008 21:00
- Fri 4 Jul 2008 00:30
- Fri 4 Jul 2008 03:00
- Sun 6 Jul 2008 20:00
- Mon 7 Jul 2008 00:40
- Tue 17 Feb 2009 20:00
- Wed 18 Feb 2009 02:10
- Sun 18 Oct 2009 00:10