麻豆约拍

How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now. Five essayists each tackle a single story from each year of the first half of the 1970s. Sheila Rowbotham describes Britain's first Women's Liberation Conference in 1970: Henry Marsh explains how in 1971 the CT Scanner was invented: Jeffery Weeks recalls taking part in Britain's first Gay Pride march in 1972: John Browne remembers how the oil crisis of 1973 affected his own life: while Elizabeth Drew outlines the dramatic events that led to President Nixon's resignation.
Producer: Neil Koenig