The Machine Breakers (1957)

GB · 30 min · May 19, 1957 · 1 seasons

• Drama
• Family

Directed by: Barbara Hammond

Written by: Phyllis Bentley

A children's television drama series set in Yorkshire in the early 19th century. It is based on the story of the Luddites, a militant group of hand weavers who fearing for their trade smashed machinery in the new mechanized mills.