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What time is Back In Time For The Factory on BBC2 tonight, who is presenting and what’s the show about?

ALEX Jones will step off The One Show couch to travel back in time through the decades to introduce the life of a factory worker to 20 modern women.

Here's everything you need to know about the BBC2 show Back In Time For The Factory, including what time it starts and what time periods the Welsh TV host will travel to...

 Back In Time For The Factory is a brand new series for BBC2
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Back In Time For The Factory is a brand new series for BBC2

When is Back In Time For The Factory on BBC2?

Back In Time For The Factory started on Thursday, September 6.

It continues at 8pm on BBC2 every Thursday, tonight's episode is the fourth of five.

The programme consists of five episodes - the first in the 60s and then moving on to the 70s and 80s.

If you are unfortunate enough to miss it, it will be available to catch up on the after it's aired.

 It will be presented by The One Show co-host Alex Jones
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It will be presented by The One Show co-host Alex Jones

Who is the presenter Alex Jones?

Normally Alex Jones is accompanied by Matt Baker while presenting The One Show, however this time, she's tasked with being in the spotlight on her own.

The Welsh TV host, 41, got her first taste of fame 20 years ago when she appeared as a contestant on Sky One's Prickly Heat in 1998.

After graduating from university, Alex worked as a television researcher, before securing a job reading Welsh-language children's programmes.

In 2010 Alex was announced as the female co-host for The One Show.

She was also part of the BBC reporting team for The Royal Wedding the following year.

 Alex introduces the life of a 1960s factory worker to 20 modern women
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Alex introduces the life of a 1960s factory worker to 20 modern women

What's the show about?

A group of 20 modern women are going back in time to the 60s, 70s and 80s to work and live through three decades of British factory life.

Fifty years ago, 34 per cent of the UK worked in manufacturing, at a time when factories mostly employed women.

Despite this, the average weekly wage was £21 for a man and £10 for a woman.

As well as their career, women also were tasked with completing further hours of housework, which is what three of the volunteers will have to adapt to as well.
The show marks 100 years since British women won the vote in a timely celebration of the women who revolutionised the workplace and transformed Britain in the process.

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