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1973 Week

Previewing the Life on Mars-inspired week.  70s Fever!: p27; Not so glam: p59

Blue Peter Review of the Year 1973

David Cassidy stars as Valerie Singleton and co look back.

The Rock 'n' Roll Years 1973

hits are mixed with footage including Princess Anne's wedding.

Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

Switch Off Something: Britain and the Three-Day Week

Timeshift: Series 6: Switch Off Something: Britain and the Three-Day Week

01/04/2006

Series 6

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 6, Switch Off Something: Britain and the Three-Day Week

Philip Glenister narrates a documentary about Britain and the Three-Day Week.

Philip Glenister narrates a documentary about Britain and the Three-Day Week, which resulted from a confrontation between the unions and the government in the winter of 1973-74.

Philip Glenister narrates a documentary about Britain and the Three-Day Week. In the winter of 1973-74, a confrontation between the big unions and the government took the country to the brink - and the government lost. Contributors include George Galloway, Tony Booth, Tony Benn and Simon Hoggart.

Timeshift: Series 6

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

A series of documentaries exploring British culture

Time Shift: Switch Off Something

New. George Galloway, Tony Booth and Tony Benn contribute as Time Shift recalls the three-day week.

Backhander: the Poulson Affair

A look at the bogus architect John Poulson.

Get Carter

Tough crime thriller. Michael Caine plays a ruthless London gangster investigating the mysterious death of his brother. Review p50.

The Cinema Show

New. Two of 1973's breakthrough movies, The Harder They Come and Enter the Dragon, are celebrated.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: Cod Wars

28/05/2001

Cod Wars

BBC Four - Storyville, Cod Wars

The story of Iceland and Britain's bitter disputes over the ownership of fishing zones.

This Icelandic film follows the bitter disputes between Iceland and Britain over fishing zones during the 1950s and 60s, which led to the three so-called Cod Wars.

It’s now 40 years since the end of the Cod Wars between Britain and Iceland. During the 1950s and 60s, Britain consumed 430,000 tons of cod each year, but as the stocks started to diminish the livelihoods of fishing communities in both countries were at stake. Iceland took steps to protect their fishing industry - the mainstay of their economy - resulting in the three so-called Cod Wars. This was a David and Goliath struggle, where the small fleet of Icelandic gunboats were pitted against the British trawlers and the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic.

This Icelandic film, made in 2001, tells the story from both sides and reflects on the impact of the Cod Wars in Grimsby and Hull.

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The Rock 'n' Roll Years 1973

Backhander: the Poulson Affair

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