Paying the Price for Change | Rise, Power, Ruin: The Industrial Revolution (Part 3)

A soldier survives war, only to face his greatest struggle at home.

Swapping the battlefield for the mines, British Army soldier Matthew Taylor returns home to build a new life. He is confronted by job insecurity and relentless pressure.

Host and genealogist Jen Baldwin is joined by historian Alice Loxton to trace Matthew’s journey from soldier to coal miner. Can he survive such brutal conditions? What was the cost of Ironbridge’s rapid change for people like him?

Host: Jen Baldwin

Researcher: Jen Baldwin

Guest: Alice Loxton

Editor: Caroline Harrower

Script editors: Niall Cullen, Daisy Goddard, and Madeleine Gilbert

Producers: Madeleine Gilbert, Ellie Ayton, and James Plumb

Designer: Michael McCosh

Social media: Sarah Cornes, Thomas Davis, and Ellie Ayton

Executive Producers: Helen Kaye and Steve James