

BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War, looking at the period from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1970s.

Nov 12, 2013 - 1h 0m
Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War, a time when Britain was more secure and prosperous than ever, yet lived with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation.

Nov 19, 2013 - 1h 0m
Dominic Sandbrook examines the ideological frontline as newly prosperous, consumerist Britain was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.

Nov 26, 2013 - 1h 0m
Dominic Sandbrook explores the late 1970s and 1980s, an era when the end of the world seemed a very real possibility and leaders crusaded against the threat of nuclear war.