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Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the latter half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1950-1999 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the Festival of Britain in 1951 through to dawn of a new millennium at the end of 1999. Inbetween are the eras of the Angry Young Men, the Teddy Boys and the Punk Rockers; the arrival of rock and roll and the permissive society; the advent of industrial strife in England and sectarian unrest in Northern Ireland; the rise to power of Margaret Thatcher; the miners' strike, three day week and Winter of Discontent; the Queen's Silver Jubilee; the IRA's campaign of bombing and the eventual Good Friday agreement; the marriage of Prince Charles, the death of Princess Diana, the Poll Tax riots, and the British participation in wars in the Middle East and Bosnia. Events both joyful and sorrowful are illustrated with fascinating and rarely heard archive recordings, with a linking narration by the historia Joanne Bourke. Thought-provoking and moving, these are the voices of the past speaking to the present day.Product Identifiers
PublisherBBC Audio, a Division of Random House
ISBN-139781785290978
eBay Product ID (ePID)213082544
Product Key Features
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
FormatAudio CD
LanguageEnglish
Book TitleEyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the Bbc Archives
AuthorJoanna Bourke
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Run Time1437 Mins
Dimensions
Item Height141mm
Item Weight451g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJoanna Bourke