On Sunday 24 and 31 August 2014, Dr William Ashworth was featured in More 4’s ‘The Real Mill ’, with Tony Robinson: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-real-mill-with-tony-robinson/episode-guide. This programme explored the lives of the factory workers of the Industrial Revolution, focusing on Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, the subject of hit drama series ‘The Mill’ on Channel 4.
Dr Ashworth was also interviewed by Tony Robinson for his earlier series ‘Walking Through History’, for the episode on Wigan Pier and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, first aired on Channel 4 on 14 October 2013: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/walking-through-history/on-demand/57737-004. Dr Ashworth is an expert on social and economic history with a particular interest in industrialisation.