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Open University: Preview 88

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

This week two sample programmes from next year's undergraduate calendar are shown each weekday.

12.30 Arts Foundation Course: King Cotton's Palace
This was Manchester's Victorian Town Hall, commissioned to portray the pride and ambition of this Victorian boom city, and paid for by wealth generated by the mills, canals and railways.

12.55 Democratic Government and Politics: The Sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia
Just after President Reagan was elected in 1980, he agreed the sale of AWACS radar aircraft to Saudi Arabia. This triggered off a chain of events, which highlighted the checks and balances that are built into the American political system.

Contributors

Producer (Arts Foundation Course):
Tony Coe
Producer (Democratic Government and Politics):
Hugh Phillips
Source: Radio Times

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