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Britain's Equal Pay Scandal

With the UK's biggest employers having to reveal the average wages they pay men and women, Jane Corbin travels the UK to meet the workers who are fighting for equality.

For the first time, the UK's biggest employers are having to reveal the average wages they pay men and women. At the same time, the ±«Óãtv and many other organisations find themselves in battles over equal pay. Almost 50 years after the passing of the Equal Pay Act, why are women still not being paid as much as men? Jane Corbin travels the UK to meet the workers, from supermarket staff and council carers to ±«Óãtv presenters, who are fighting for equality - even if the costs run into the billions.

30 minutes

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Sat 24 Mar 2018 01:30
±«Óãtv Two

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66

    Mas Que Nada

  • 00:01

    Keith Mansfield

    Light And Tuneful

  • 00:03

    The Troggs

    With A Girl Like You

  • 00:15

    Frank Sinatra

    Come Fly With Me

  • 00:26

    Blondie

    Atomic

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Reporter Jane Corbin
Producer Steve Anderson
Editor Rachel Jupp

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