Sir Tim Rice mixes pop and politics to chart the ups and downs of our leaders as they face the general election campaign. 1974. In February the miners were on strike, petrol prices rocketed to 50p a gallon, the country was on a three-day week, there were frequent power cuts and Ted Heath 's government pleaded with consumers to save energy. Radio offered relief in the form of Mud, the Sweet and Suzi Quatro. And then there was a Snap election. Producer Chris Bond