Episode 2
In the second episode of this three-part series, Jay Blades takes us to his adoptive home of the West Midlands, to uncover the unsung story of its workers during the industrial revolution up until WWI.
Kicking off in the Black Country, he navigates his way by narrowboat through the Dudley tunnel, to hear how thousands of miners, as young as eight years old, put their lives at risk to fuel the country's industrial revolution.
Back in Birmingham, aka the "city of a thousand trades", Jay finds out about its famous Jewellery Quarter and its army of workers, he also has a go at making an MBE medal using traditional methods.
Elsewhere in the city he finds out about the real Peaky Blinders – debunking a couple of myths, he hears about one gang member who ended up dressing as a nurse to make a living.
Jay goes for a ride round Wolverhampton's Molineux stadium, where people flocked to see bicycle races in the 1800s. Hundreds of companies manufactured them in local factories – making Wolverhampton and Coventry the centre of its burgeoning industry.
In the sleepy medieval Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, Jay hears how local Doctor, William Penny Brookes, protected local workers' health by kickstarting in 1850 a sports day inspired by the ancient Greek Olympic games. Only to inspire the world's biggest sporting event himself!
Jay visits an original chainmaker's home/workshop, where women worked tirelessly in terrible conditions, to hear how trade unionist, Mary Macarthur, helped 800 women go on strike over their unfair pay. Leading to the country introducing a national minimum wage.
Jay ends his journey just south of Birmingham, to find out how the Cadbury brothers created the beautiful model village of Bournville around their chocolate factory, which made a remarkable impact on the lives of their workers.
Trailer
Recently Updated Shows
The Rookie
The Rookie is inspired by a true story. John Nolan is the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small town life and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies twenty years his junior, Nolan must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a "young" cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.
The Studio
As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes movies, it's the job Matt's been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.
True Detective
Touch darkness and darkness touches you back. True Detective centers on troubled cops and the investigations that drive them to the edge. Each season features a new cast and a new case.
True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto.
S.W.A.T.
Shemar Moore stars as a locally born and raised S.W.A.T. sergeant newly tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is the last stop in law enforcement in Los Angeles. Torn between loyalty to where he was raised and allegiance to his brothers in blue, former Marine Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson has everything it takes to be an excellent leader and bridge the divide between his two worlds.
