Series examining contemporary history
Radio 4,路43 episodes
Sunday Trading
Chris Ledgard explores the restoration of Sunday trading in August 1994.
23 Dec 2009,路30 mins
The Contraceptive Train
The story of the women who defied Irish law by bringing contraceptives into the country.
15 Jul 2009,路28 mins
T Dan Smith
The story of T Dan Smith, Labour leader of Newcastle city council who was jailed in 1974.
22 Jul 2009,路28 mins
Oil in Dorset
How did newly privatised BP extract oil from Dorset in the 1980s without a fight?
29 Jul 2009,路28 mins
Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the controversy in 1986 that surrounded a children's picture book.
05 Aug 2009,路30 mins
Myxomatosis
Chris Ledgard recalls the outbreak of the early 1950s.
05 Mar 2008,路28 mins
1990 Poll Tax Riots
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the Poll Tax demonstration of March 1990.
12 Mar 2008,路30 mins
1967 Mossdale Caverns Tragedy
Ray Kershaw recalls the 1967 tragedy at Mossdale Caverns, when six young potholers drowned
30 mins
The 1974 Lions
Chris Ledgard recalls the controversial 1974 British Lions rugby tour to South Africa.
26 Mar 2008,路30 mins
The Little Red Schoolbook
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the 1971 book which advised children about sex and drugs.
GCHQ
The long industrial dispute over union membership at the government communications centre.
Shoreham
02 Jul 2008,路28 mins
Legionnaire's Disease
Chris Ledgard meets survivors of the mystery illness that struck in July 1976.
09 Jul 2008,路30 mins
