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Let's head back to 1972

Richard Littlejohn looks at the years which changed Britain forever 鈥� politically, culturally, musically. With contributions from Linda Bellos and Alan Johnson. Welcome to 1972

Over the next four programmes, writer and journalist Richard Littlejohn looks back at the years which changed Britain forever 鈥� politically, culturally, musically 鈥� and they鈥檙e not necessarily the years you鈥檇 think they are.

With contributions from lesbian feminist and civil rights and equalities campaigner Linda Bellos and Alan Johnson- a former trades union leader, Labour MP, Health Secretary, Education Secretary and 成人快手 Secretary , who was a young postman in 1972.

Richard begins in 1972, a year of upheaval, whose consequences are still reverberating today. Britain was seen as the sick man of Europe, economically stagnant, convulsed by strikes and mounting violence in Northern Ireland.

Britain joined the Common Market and the NUM staged a seven week strike over pay, culminating in the Battle of Saltley Gate, which brought an obscure regional union official called Arthur Scargill to national prominence.

July of that year saw the first ever Gay Pride March in London. It was a small step towards gay equality, a campaign which would culminate in a future Conservative government legalising same-sex marriage five decades later.

And the music was great 鈥� Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Elton John, David Bowie, T-Rex and Slade 鈥楳ama We鈥檙e All Crazy Now.鈥�

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Sun 4 Aug 2019 21:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Rolling Stones

    Tumbling Dice

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
    • 1.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

  • Lee Dorsey

    Working In A Coal Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Charly.

  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

    • Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs.
    • Polydor.

  • Wings

    Give Ireland Back To The Irish

    • Wild Life.
    • Odeon.
    • 11.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • Slade

    Mama Weer All Crazee Now

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Aug 2019 21:00
    成人快手 Radio 2