The second of eight documentary programmes written and presented by Michael Charlton. which re-examine what have been called the ' missed opportunities ' of Britain's European diplomacy between the final years of the Second World War and de
Gaulle's first veto of the United Kingdom's bid to join the EEC.
2: Bevin at Victoria Station
Following the breakdown of the war-time partnership which defeated Hitler. Ernest
Bcvin - who said the aim of his foreign policy was to enable people to travel anywhere without a passport - made a start on European unity with the major part he played forging the Western
Alliance against Stalin's Russia.
Contributors include SIR RODERICK BARCLAY. LORD
FRANKS, LORD GARNER. LORD GLADWYN, THE RT RON DENIS HRALEY. MP, ETIENNE HIRSCH ,
CHRISTOPHER MAYIIEW , PAUL NITZE. LORD
PLOWDEN, LORD ROBERTHALL, SIR FRANK ROBERTS , LORD SHERFIELD and SIR EVELYN SHUCKBURGH and recordings from the BBC Sound Archives Producer
ANTHONY MONCRIEFF
(continued Friday 9.10 pm) followed by an interlude