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The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s Episodes

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    1975-1979

    How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.

  2. 1979: Iran

    Writer Narguess Farzad explores the impact of the 1979 revolution in Iran.

  3. 1978: IVF

    Ruth Deech on IVF, the developments it made possible and what the future may hold.

  4. 1977: Apple

    The story of the Apple II personal computer, launched in 1977, and its legacy.

  5. 1976: Borrowing into the future

    Peter Jay on the financial crisis that led Britain to borrow billions from the IMF.

  6. 1975: Europe referendum

    Stephen Wall on Britain's referendum on membership of the European Economic Community.

  7. 1970-1974

    How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.

  8. 1974: Nixon resigns

    Elizabeth Drew on the impact of Watergate and Richard Nixon's resignation on America.

  9. 1973: Oil shock

    The story of the 1973 oil shock, a turning point in 20th-century economics and geopolitics

  10. 1972: Pride

    Sociologist Jeffrey Weeks on the legacy of the first British Gay Pride Rally, held in 1972

  11. 1971: The CT Scan

    Henry Marsh on a revolution in medical diagnosis brought on by the advent of the CT scan.

  12. 1970: Modern British feminism

    Sheila Rowbotham on Britain’s first national Women’s Liberation Movement conference