Women Who Rock

With a helping hand from the likes of Mavis Staples, Janis Joplin and Chaka Khan, take a trip to the 1950s and 60s and the roots of rock and roll. (1 of 4)

Take a trip back to the 1970s, a game-changing decade which brought new sounds and icons like Nancy Wilson and Joan Jett, plus rockers such as Debbie Harry. (2 of 4)

With questions of feminism and control intensifying, the likes of Missy Elliott, Courtney Love and Alanis Morissette make music on their own terms in the 90s. (3 of 4)

The success of their forerunners enables the likes of Shania Twain, Macy Gray and Sarah McLachlan - and later Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish - to break new ground. (4 of 4) Also in UHD.