Decades That Defined Us

Season 1

2022 · 3 episodes · 2h 12m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Sixties

   17 Aug 2022 · 44 min

   Explores the 1960s, a decade that saw new hope, new divisions and the emergence of a counterculture that would redefine society. Key topics include Kennedy, Martin Luther King and the Cold War.

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   2. The Seventies

   24 Aug 2022 · 44 min

   Examines how the 1970s, a decade that included the Watergate scandal, the election of Margaret Thatcher and changing ideas about the West's place in international affairs, helped shape the modern world.

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   3. The Eighties

   31 Aug 2022 · 44 min

   Computers, Chernobyl, fall of the Berlin Wall - the decade that saw politics shift to the right, reshaping the West, while democracy would triumph as the Berlin Wall fell.