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Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique record of the last mentioned fifty percent of the 20th hundred years, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The situations of 1950-1999 are identified by the individuals who found them happen, from the Event of Britain in 1951 through to the dawn of a new millennium by the end of 1999. Among will be the eras of the Angry TEENAGERS, the Teddy Boys and the Punk Rockers; the introduction of rock and roll and the permissive society; the advancement of industrial strife in England and sectarian unrest in Northern Ireland; the climb to ability of Margaret Thatcher; the miners' affect, three-day week and Winter of Discontent; the Queen's Gold Jubilee; the IRA's plan of bombing and the eventual Good Fri arrangement; and the matrimony of Prince Charles, the death of Princess Diana, the Poll Taxes riots and the British isles involvement in wars in the centre East and Bosnia. Events both joyful and sorrowful are illustrated with fascinating and rarely been told archive recordings, with a linking narration by the historian Joanne Bourke. Thought-provoking and moving, these are the voices of the past speaking to the present day.
