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Suez 1956: the Crisis and the Consequences

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7.20 The Crisis
It is 40 years since President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, precipitating the Suez Crisis. In the first of two programmes, Nick Clarke re-examines why Britain, France and Israel fought with Egypt over a stretch of water.

8.00 The Consequences
There was a symmetry to Suez - as Britain's influence in the Arab world plummeted, so Egypt's soared. David Walter explores the aftermath through the eyes of the Egyptian people and the British who were expelled.

See also Friday 10.00am

Contributors

Speaker (The Crisis):
Nick Clarke
Producer (The Crisis):
Nadine Grieve
Speaker (The Consequences):
David Walter
Producer (The Consequences):
Sallie Davies
Source: Radio Times

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