1913 - The Year Before [1913 - The Year Before]

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OMNI-01

Omnibus Week One

20130614

In the first programme Michael samples the atmosphere of June 1913.

OMNI-02

Omnibus Week Two

20130621

Michael starts today's programme at the Railway station in Llanelli, scene of a riot in 1911. It was provoked by industrial unrest on the railways and resulted in the shooting of two men by the armed forces. The familiar high-water mark of Industrial unrest in Britain is usually understood to be the General Strike of 1926. In fact the ten year period leading up to the First World War saw a wave of industrial strife with thousands of days labour lost and a growing feeling, on the part of the workers, that their voice could and would be heard. Ships were built, railways run and the Empire supplied, but not by a quiescent work force.

Producer: Tom Alban.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
OMNI-01	Omnibus Week One	20130614	In the first programme Michael samples the atmosphere of June 1913.
OMNI-02	Omnibus Week Two	20130621	Michael starts today's programme at the Railway station in Llanelli, scene of a riot in 1911. It was provoked by industrial unrest on the railways and resulted in the shooting of two men by the armed forces. The familiar high-water mark of Industrial unrest in Britain is usually understood to be the General Strike of 1926. In fact the ten year period leading up to the First World War saw a wave of industrial strife with thousands of days labour lost and a growing feeling, on the part of the workers, that their voice could and would be heard. Ships were built, railways run and the Empire supplied, but not by a quiescent work force. Producer: Tom Alban.