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A range of Government and Politics videos on all our course areas

LINKS TO REVISION VIDEOS AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF THIS PAGE

Television

Drama and Comedy

Brexit: The Uncivil War
BBC iPlayer - The Thick of It (warning contains explicit language)
Impeachment: An American Crime Story (warning, contains content related to sexual assault and emotional distress)
Yes Minister
House of Cards (warning: contains explicit language)
The West Wing
Last Week Tonight - US Comedy hosted by John Oliver (warning contains explicit language)

Documentary

UK The Secret World of Whitehall Episode 1 The Real Sir Humphrey
UK The Cameron Years
UK The Deal
UK Coalition 2015
UK The Rise and Fall Of Tony Blair
UK Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story
UK Dispatches Gordon Brown Where Did It All Go Wrong
UK Heath vs Wilson - The 10 Year Duel
UK Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
UK Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain
US Louis Theroux's Forbidden America ep 1 Extreme and Online
US Crashing The Tea Party (Political Documentary) | Real Stories
US Watch Inside Obama's White House | Prime Video
US 15 Departing Congress Members Tell The Newbies What To Expect | VICE News
US Four Hours at the Capitol - the story of the January 6th insurrection

Films

Watch In the Loop | Prime Video (UK Politics)
Watch The Iron Lady | Prime Video(UK Politics)
Watch Vice | Prime Video (US Politics)
Knock Down The House (US Politics)

Youtube

CGP Grey on Electoral Systems

TED

Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy

UK News

Newsnight, BBC2

Question Time, BBC 1

US News

CNN

MSNBC

BBC Two - NewsnightComprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories

Brexit: The Uncivil War: Brexit: The Uncivil WarBenedict Cumberbatch stars in a compelling drama about how the Brexit vote was won

Louis Theroux interviews rising powers in the world of the Alt (Far) Right.

UK Politics

Parliament basic intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAMbIz3Y2JA&list=PLoC7mXJGql8_h6r-yNnbjHBf2E8keiVG_

Parliamentary Sovereignty revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFbZm5Fc36g

UK Constitution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTc5MybJmk

PM and Executive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90FvF6_Wjxw

UK Political Parties revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dyXSTjl6rA

UK Electoral systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLNQmux2neU

Voting behaviour and elections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL3T2ZVD-P0

Referendums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6yQ-qiYVOk

Pressure groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKFxu6K3F38

Democracy and Participation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzUiKcHNoc0

UK Civil Liberties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRb8Gx4yq0

US and comparative politics

Tutor 2 u revision topic mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neMN8I0zdUQ

Congress bicameral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9defOwVWS8

How a bill becomes a law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66f4-NKEYz4

Federalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0gosGXSgsI

Constitution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7FQsCcbD8

Separation of powers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bf3CwYCxXw

Presidential power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l02sK5LovI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnHb-zyWh14

Presidential executive orders https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-interactions-among-branches/us-gov-roles-and-powers-of-the-president/v/executive-orders-1

Presidential signing statements https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-interactions-among-branches/us-gov-roles-and-powers-of-the-president/v/presidential-signing-statements

SCOTUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sualy8OiKk

Gerrymandering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXYRJJIn_wI

Filibuster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt4jHLteXag

Primaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCvMtkEVqdA

Electoral College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajavsMbCapY

Electoral systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EZKXweGDo

Ideology within congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mICxKmCjF-4

US Parties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmOUHxessE

Republican ideology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8VOM8ET1WU

Democrat ideology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6R0NvVr164

Party systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkltAl_cO5Y

Interest groups (pressure groups/party funding) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvBA7oIIgc

Civil Liberties in the USA revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwsF-A2sTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QuQ1Jyvhog

Ideologies

Liberalism revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKKEMgn2w8Y

Socialism revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSNt3nI_1g

Conservatism revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV7C0JJDjbE

Anarchism revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GV75DF8dw&list=PLXtShDmDvfwxddYPh_-UpmJN4RV9Zg_em

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