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Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Season 1 Episode 2: The Land of Lost Content

The second programme in the series explodes the popular image of the 1950s as a golden age of order and prosperity, and of lost content. A Conservative government is back in power. The economy appears to be improving. New homes are being...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Advance Britannia

1. Advance Britannia

Aired: May 22, 2007

In this first episode, Andrew looks at the country's situation in the wake of...

Episode 2 The Land of Lost Content

2. The Land of Lost Content

Aired: May 29, 2007

The second programme in the series explodes the popular image of the 1950s as...

Episode 3 Paradise Lost

3. Paradise Lost

Aired: Jun 5, 2007

Andrew Marr examines the age of Harold Wilson's classless society; a country ...

Episode 4 Revolution

Aired: Jun 12, 2007

Promising to restore order, confidence and national pride, Margaret Thatcher ...

Episode 5 New Britannia

5. New Britannia

Aired: Jun 19, 2007

Britain enters the uncharted waters of the post-Thatcher era. Many have done ...

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Info about Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres:Documentary, History