Ever spent an entire film rolling your eyes at the historical inaccuracies? Jacqueline Riding, historian, author and historical advisor on the film Peterloo takes us behind the scenes.

Jacqueline Riding worked with Mike Leigh for over two years on his epic film Peterloo, including the four-month rehearsal and shoot on locations across England, from Chester to Tilbury Fort.

The talk, organised by the Parliamentary Archives, will cover a broad range of subjects, from the reconstruction of the House of Lords chamber and parliamentary speeches to, in the wake of Vote100, the pioneering early-nineteenth-century female reform movement: the ancestor of the suffragist and suffragette campaigns.

She later wrote the highly acclaimed tie-in narrative history, Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre (paperback 2 May 2019). In this talk she will discuss her role as the production historian/head of research, describing how the complex story of the Peterloo Massacre was translated from archives and books to the big screen - heralding the imminent 2019 Bicentenary commemorations, while bringing this important national story to greater public attention across the UK and beyond. .

'Parliament & Peterloo' is a free exhibition located in Westminster Hall. The exhibition is open to the public from the 4 July to 26 September. Attendees are welcome to view the exhibition either before or after the talks.

Photo: Jacqueline Riding speaking to "Female Reformers" during filming of Peterloo at the Historic Dockyard Chatham. Photo Credit Simon Mein © Thin Man Films