Timewatch · SEASON 12
The Pill: Prescription for Revolution
Episode 5 · 1993-03-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
Described as "the greatest invention since the wheel" by novelist Angela Carter, the contraceptive pill played a crucial role in the sexual and social revolution of the 60s and 70s. With the help of archive footage from 'Up the Junction', 'Juliet Bravo' and 'Absolutely Fabulous', and interviews with women who talk frankly about the effect the pill has had on their sexual and working lives, Timewatch asks whether the introduction of the pill was a blessing or a burden.
50 minutes
Season 12 episodes
1. Allied to the Mafia1993-01-13
2. The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire1993-01-27
3. The Stolen Child1993-02-10
4. The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover1993-02-24
5. The Pill: Prescription for Revolution1993-03-10
6. Buffalo Bill1993-03-24
7. Special: Battle of the Bombers1993-04-07
8. On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging1993-06-02
9. True Story of the Roman Arena1993-09-15
10. The Mother of All Battles1993-09-29
11. Hunger Strike: A Hidden History1993-10-13
12. Children of the Third Reich1993-11-10
13. The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald1993-11-21
14. Chairman Mao the Last Emperor1993-12-20
