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Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, where they chat about Ned Ludd, the fires, and the violence exerted during the Industrial Revolution in England.

Would you have joined the OG Luddites? In 1811 and 1812 across the midlands and north of England which were the Silicon Valley of the day, Luddites smashed machines. They would not stop, not even at murder, in order to fight technology that was tearing down their way of life. Maddy tells Anthony the story this week.

0:00 - Who Was Ned Ludd?
3:15 - The Industrial Revolution & Napoleonic Wars
7:08 - The Real Story of the Luddites
17:00 - The Yorkshire Luddites' War on Machines
28:45 - From Machine Breaking to Murder
42:48 - The Luddite Legacy & Modern Tech Anxiety

Edited by Tomos Delargy, produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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