Peterloo.
Moving drama based on the so-called seditious riots in Manchester in 1819, when all people wanted was enough to live on, but the upper classes felt them to be beneath their contempt. The brutish Yeomanry (thugs in army uniform basically, something of a precursor to Ireland's bane, the Black-and-Tans) were let loose and women and children hurt/killed, and all happily sanctioned by the government and the Prince Regent (played in a brilliant short cameo by Tim McInnerney). Worth watching; may make your blood boil. Wasn't too happy with the somewhat damp squib ending though.