Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 4:09PM 
photograph by Robin Mitchell
Three armed jewel thieves are cornered in a house in Sidney Street, in the East End of London. They hold off the police with gunfire, and Home Secretary Winston Churchill asks the army to intervene. Mrs Fleishman (Lauren Socha) is informed the criminals are hiding in her house.
Commissioned for BBC Learning.
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:51PM 
photograph by Robin Mitchell
In 1911 the Suffragette movement is gaining momentum. The moderates, advocating persuasion, are getting nowhere and direct, sometimes violent action is increasing. In November 1911 the suffragettes storm parliament and, armed with hammers and bricks, break windows in government buildings, gentleman’s clubs and newspaper offices. One suffragette, Maggie (Hannah Donaldson), is caught in the midst.
Commissioned by BBC Learning
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:25PM 
photograph by Robin Mitchell
There's a walk out at the Singer Factory, Clydebank. One of the biggest multinational factories in Europe is brought to a stand still when ten thousand workers go on strike. The factory women play a major role in leading the strike and Jane Rae (Pauline Goldsmith) is brought before the bosses to face the consequences.
Commissioned by BBC Learning
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 3:04PM 
photograph by Robin Mitchell
The race to the South Pole began when both the British and the Norwegian expeditions reach Antarctica in January 1911. Amundsun and Scott spend much of the year training and preparing for their attempts on the Pole. Here, Amundsun (Brian McCardie) tells his story of his victorious and treacherous journey.
Commissioned by BBC Learning.
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2:52PM 
photograph by Robin Mitchell
Leonardo Da Vinci's famous portrait; Mona Lisa goes missing from the Louvre. The theft goes unnoticed by the guards until art enthusiast, Louis Beroud (Matthew Zajac) alerts them to it. At first the police are convinced the painting has been stolen as an artistic declaration of war from the new guard against the old.
Commissioned by BBC Learning