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E1
60 min 1. Red Dawn
Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War, a time when Britain was more secure and prosperous than ever, yet lived with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation.
E2
60 min 2. The Looking Glass War
Dominic Sandbrook examines the ideological frontline as newly prosperous, consumerist Britain was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.
E3
60 min 3. Two Tribes
Dominic Sandbrook explores the late 1970s and 1980s, an era when the end of the world seemed a very real possibility and leaders crusaded against the threat of nuclear war.
BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War, looking at the period from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1970s.
Genres: Documentary
Stars: Dominic Sandbrook
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