'I think the period between
1945 and 51, when the Labour Government was in power, was one of the most interesting postwar periods, ... although the Government didn't always quite know what it was doing or where it was heading. The first of three weekly conversations between
Sir Alec Cairncross , Economic Adviser and Head of Government Economic Service (1961-69) and Master of St Peter 's College, Oxford (1969-78), and William Keegan , Economic Editor of The Observer
Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF