Britain is a less equal society than at any time since World War One. In Who Gets the Best Jobs, Richard Bilton investigates access to the professions - and finds that the best jobs are being snapped up by an increasingly small gene pool of privileged, well-connected families.Getting a good degree matters more than ever - and those from low income families can no longer easily work their way up
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Stonehenge, located on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England, has long been associated with Druids, a group of wise men present in England more than 2000 years ago. Still today at Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, Druid celebrations are held at Stonehenge. But were they the actual designers?Excavations underneath the stones have revealed artifacts, like antler horns, carbon dated
On a Saturday afternoon in August 1998 a red Vauxhall parked in the centre Omagh, a town located in Country Tyrone, Ireland. Inside this car were two men and up to 500 pounds of explosives, after arming the bomb the two men walked away and melted into the crowd. Waiting nearby was a getaway car, these men and the many more who helped them were responsible for the single worst atrocity of the Irish
Gangs in the early 20th century turn Britains race tracks into battlegrounds. A Birmingham gang called the Brummagems were the top dogs and built up a criminal network reaching far beyond their city. The Brummagems made fortunes from racetrack extortion and beat their rivals mercilessly in order to protect their territory.Over 80 years later in 2003 another Birmingham gang kills innocent bys
There is an idea once thought to be so radical that just mentioning it was thought to be pure insanity, but now scientists from around the world are daring to believe that it is actually true. They think that our universe is not alone its just one of an infinite number of weird and wonderful worlds. Some where life is familiar, others where things turned out a little differently.Some of these
The film uses footage from the film 'The New World' (2005), 'Lifeboat Hour' radio show with Michael Ruppert, Infowars' interview with Russell Means 'Welcome to the Reservation' and various videos of Russell Means, to present an outline of today's patriarchal society and solutions rooted in native American philosophy.The title of this film was inspired by Russell Means' autobiography 'Where White
Starbucks and coffee drinkers globally love the green beans which grow in the wild remote altitudes of East Timor.Since it was a Portuguese colony – organic coffee have been cultivated for centuries in pesticide free soils25% of the population depend on coffee for their income and it is the agrarian nation’s only cashcrop.But East Timor suffers from the worst yields and farming techniq
Tasmania is a secluded island located off the south coast of Australia, it is know for it's large, rugged wilderness but towards the west of the island there is an ominous red river which divides the small mining town of Queenstown.This red river is the result of water run-off from a closed mine, the water itself is extremely acidic which dissolves much of what lies in its way, rendering the s
This is the inside story of a disaster that seems unimaginable in our time. How can an airliner full of people vanish without a trace? 26 nations joined the hunt for Malaysian airlines flight MH370. When MH370 disappeared the families of those on board were plunged into a nightmare and the world needed answers. This film is a forensic examination of events, it follows the scientists and engineers