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The 70s

Dominic Sandbrook

Steve Condie

Mary Crisp

Dominic Crossley-Holland

The 70s: Episode 2: Doomwatch 73-74

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Episode 2: Doomwatch 73-74

Doomwatch 73-74

BBC Two - The 70s, Doomwatch 73-74

Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s.

Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the 1970s. He looks at the impact of a fast-changing world on British life and the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s.

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes viewers on an eye-opening and refreshing journey deep into the 1970s, a decade where the old Britain of the post-war years was transformed into the nation of today.

This episode looks at the impact of a fast changing world on British life and how Britain could no longer pretend to be an island nation that stood apart. Dominic explores the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s and of rampant inflation on Britain's living standards. He also looks at how many British people were choosing to live different kinds of lives embracing everything from environmentally aware lifestyles to the sexual revolution.

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Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on an eye opening journey into Britain in the 1970s.

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on an eye opening and refreshing journey deep into Britain in the 1970s.

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