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A Century of Fatherhood

Three-part series which tells the story of the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain during the last hundred years, sing intimate testimony, rare archive and the latest historical research

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StatusEnded
Original NameA Century of Fatherhood
First Air DateJune 21, 2010
Last Air DateJuly 5, 2010
Seasons1
Episodes3
Episode Runtime 0min
Language
Original LanguageEnglish
Production Countries
Production Companies
NetworksBBC Four
S01E03

The New Father

The final episode reveals how the experience of being a father was transformed between the 1960s and the present day and looks at the lives of a fascinating cross-section of fathers from all walks of life over the past fifty years. The modern hands-on father has a more intimate relationship with his children than the past, but the sexual revolution and feminism has also made fathers more insecure than ever before. Modern divorce laws have excluded fathers from family life and from the access they want to their children. The anguish felt by many dads was expressed in the Fathers 4 Justice protest movement.

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