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The Looking Glass War

Strange Days: Cold War Britain Original Series
Episode 2 of 3

Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years, looking at the frontline of the conflict as consumerism was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War. For Sandbrook these are the years in which we were both more secure and prosperous that we had ever been - and at the same time, lived everyday with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation. This is not just a story of the superpower arms race or daring spies, real and fictional, it is a story in which all we played a crucial part.

In the second episode, Dominic looks at the frontline of the conflict as a newly prosperous Britain of consumerism was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.

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Thu 21 Nov 2013 01:20
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Music Played

  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Takes The Lektor

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    68

  • The Beatles

    A Day In The Life

  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

  • Sammy Salvo

    A Mushroom Cloud

  • Shots in the Dark

    Henry Mancini

  • Algiers - November

    Ennio Morricone

  • The Everly Brothers

    All I Have To Do Is Dream

  • Another Brick In the Wall

    Pink Floyd

  • The Shadows

    Apache

  • Blondie

    Atomic

  • The Beatles

    Back In The U.S.S.R.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Blue Rondo A La Turk

  • The Beatles

    Can't Buy Me Love

  • Mantovani

    Charmaine

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    Checkpoint Charlie

  • The Spotnicks

    Dark Eyes

  • Petula Clark

    Downtown

  • The Beatles

    Drive My Car

  • Henry Mancini

    Experiment in Terror

  • John Barry

    From Russia With Love (main title)

    Orchestra: Unknown orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.

  • None

    Deleted Record

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    Ideal Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

  • The Who

    Join Together

  • John Barry

    Meeting with Grantby and Fight

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    Nightmares

  • The Beatles

    Ob-la-di

  • Skeeter Davis

    Optimistic

  • Kraftwerk

    Radio Activity

  • Johnny and the Hurricanes

    Red River Rock

  • Michel Legrand

    Ring-A-Ding

  • The Beatles

    Rock and Roll Music

  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    The Bomb Run

  • The Beatles

    Think for yourself

  • Dave Brubeck

    Unsquare Dance

  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Waltz No 2 From Jazz Suite No 2

How anarchists exposed secret nuclear bunkers

How anarchists exposed secret nuclear bunkers
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ History explores why 1963 was a pivotal moment for the UK's anti-nuclear movement - as featured in this episode.

Credits

Executive Producer Steve Condie
Director Deborah Lee
Series Producer Deborah Lee
Presenter Dominic Sandbrook

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