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1974

Episode 5 of 10

It's 1974 and the country suffers the three-day week and rubbish piles up on the streets of Glasgow. Chart hits include Pick up the Pieces by Average White Band.

Sealladh air na sgeulachdan a bh' anns na naidheachdan ann an 1974 cuide ri taghadh de cheòl na bliadhna. Am measg na thachair: seachdain-obrach trì latha, tòrr sgudal air fhàgail air sraidean Ghlaschu agus am Pàrtaidh Nàisteanta a' dèanamh adhartas. Am measg nan taghaidhean ciùil tha Pick Up The Pieces le Average White Band, Autobahn le Kraftwerk agus This Town Ain't Big Enough le Sparks

Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1970 through archive footage and the year's chart hits - the three day week, rubbish piling up on the streets of Glasgow and progress for the SNP. The year's chart hits include Pick Up The Pieces by Average White Band, Autobahn by Kraftwerk and This Town Ain't Big Enough by Sparks.

29 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Sep 2019 19:30

Music Played

  • Bachman–Turner Overdrive

    You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

  • Ace

    How Long Has This Been Going On

  • Kraftwerk

    Autobahn

  • Barry White

    You're the First, The Last, My Everything

  • Average White Band

    Pick Up The Pieces

  • The Hollies

    The Air That I Breathe

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

  • Sparks

    This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    No Woman No Cry

  • Ray Stevens

    The Streak

  • George Michael & Elton John

    Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

  • Bachman–Turner Overdrive

    Rikki Don't Lose That Number

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    I Shot The Sherriff

Credit

Role Contributor
Director Annie Cheape

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