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Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

History · 2007

Last aired: S1 E5, New Britannia · 2007-06-19

Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium.

Cast

Andrew Marr Presenter

Season 1

E1 Advance Britannia 2007-05-22 · 60 min Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle against the odds to retain its world power status.

E2 The Land of Lost Content 2007-05-29 · 60 min The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace was hungry for change.

E3 Paradise Lost 2007-06-05 · 60 min As the 1960s progress, Harold Wilson takes centre stage in a rapidly changing Britain as the country looks to a fairer, liberated future.

E4 Revolution 2007-06-12 · 60 min Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British national character.

E5 New Britannia 2007-06-19 · 60 min In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well during the Thatcher years, but now boom is turning to bust.

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