Permissive Night
Joan Bakewell presents an evening of programmes commemorating the major social changes of the Sixties.
Permissive Night - Abortion
Includes a July 1965 edition of Gallery, talking to women who have undergone abortions and to doctors, lawyers and churchmen.
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Permissive Night - Capital Punishment
Includes the Panorama from the night in December 1964 when MPs debated the abolition of the death penalty.
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Permissive Night - Censorship
Includes a Talkback from 1968 in which viewers discuss a recent Panorama on censorship and a 2001 discussion with the last surviving theatre censor.
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Permissive Night - Divorce
Includes a BBC schools' programme from 1964 discussing attitudes to sex, marriage and divorce.
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Permissive Night - Homosexual Rights
Includes the two-part documentary 'Man Alive: Consenting Adults' broadcast in June 1967, in which gay men and lesbians talk about their lives.
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Permissive Night - Introduction
Joan Bakewell presents an evening of programmes commemorating the major social changes of the Sixties, featuring documentaries, discussion programmes and news footage from the time.
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Permissive Night - Late Night Line-Up
The iconic discussion programme returns to the BBC. Joan Bakewell and her guests consider the impact of the social reforms of the 1960s.
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Permissive Night - Race Relations
Includes a 24 Hours from April 1964 on the state of race relations in Britain against the background of the publication of the Race Relations Act.
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