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New series 1/3. The Marriage Cordiale. The investigative series begins with the extraordinary tale of the 1956 French offer to turn Britain and France into one country. Previously secret documents reveal the French prime minister
Guy Mollet made the offer to Anthony Eden and even suggested that Queen Elizabeth could be head of the French state. Mike Thomson investigates a time when the fate of France, the shape of Europe, and even the balance of global power hung in the balance. Producer James cook

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Guy Mollet
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Anthony Eden
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Mike Thomson
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