This Sceptred Isle - The Twentieth Century - Volume 4. 1959-1979
By Anna Massey, Robert Powell, and Patience Tomlinson
Tracklist
- 1959-1965
- Winds Of Change
- 1960 - The U2 Incident
- Diversions
- 1961 - John Kennedy Becomes President Of The U.S.A.
- The Bay Of Pigs Fiasco
- The Building Of The Berlin Wall
- Approaches To Europe
- 1962 - Landmarks
- Cabinet Problems For Macmillan
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- 1960 - De Gaulle Says Non
- The Profumo Scandal
- Beeching
- Martin Luther King Has A Dream
- Macmillan Resigns
- 1964 - Southern Rhodesia
- Labour Returns To Power
- War In Vietnam
- 1965 - The Death Of Churchill
- The Bombing Of North Vietnam
- Ian Smith Declares Rhodesian Independance
- Edward Heath Becomes Leader Of The Conservatives
- 1966-1971
- 1966 - A Second Labour Victory
- Harold Wilson And Ian Smith Talk On H.M.S. Tiger
- 1967 - The Six Day War
- The Devaluation Of The Pound
- 1968 - Protests Against The Vietnam War
- The Murder Of Martin Luther King
- Enoch Powell
- The Pound In Crisis Again
- Nothing Listed On 'Track Listing'
- The Crushing Of The Prague Spring
- 1969 - Troubles In Northern Ireland
- In Place Of Strife
- 1970 - The State Of The Nation
- Wilson Calls A General Election
- Edward Heath Becomes Prime Minister
- 1971 - Decimalisation
- Heath Moves Towards Europe
- Ulster In Flames
- Unemployment, Strikes And Spies
- 1972-1978
- 1972 - Britain Joins The E.E.C.
- Bloody Sunday And Direct Rule In Northern Ireland
- Terrorism At The Olympic Games
- Heath And The Unions
- 1973 - Attitudes To Europe
- Watergate
- The Yom Kippur War
- 1974 - Who Governs Britain?
- Harold Wilson Becomes Prime Minister Again
- Another General Election
- Northern Ireland
- 1975 - Exit Edward Heath, Enter Margaret Thatcher
- Britain Stays In Europe
- 1976 - Harold Wilson Resigns
- James Callaghan Becomes Prime Minister
- 1977 - Economic Gloom
- David Owen Becomes Foreign Secretary
- Charter 77
- 1978 - The Camp David Agreement
- Devolution
- A Polish Pope