Bread or Blood
First aired on Apr 5, 1981
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Between April and May 1816, "Bread or Blood" riots erupted across East Anglia as the price of bread surpassed the wages of agricultural and industrial laborers. While food riots had a long history in Britain, industrialization, enclosure, and globalization increasingly safeguarded the nation's food supply by the early nineteenth century
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Malcolm Storry | Isaac Bawcombe
Carolyn Pickles | Mary Bawcombe
Ian Redford | Ben Jarvis
Sandra Voe | Mrs Bawcombe
Milton Johns | Harbutt
Sean Baker | Toomer
Featured Crew
Peter Smith | Director
Peter Ransley | Writer