Timewatch

Season 10, Episode 13

Episode Title: Suffer the Children

Air Date: 1991-11-20

Overview:

In the 1830s a pioneering social investigation into child labour uncovered an appalling picture of deprivation, poverty and remorseless physical exploitation throughout Britain and sparked off a fierce debate between Victorian capitalists and reformers. Timewatch has drawn upon the testimonies of the children involved for this dramatised account.