Series examining contemporary history
Radio 4,路43 episodes
Sunday Trading
Chris Ledgard explores the restoration of Sunday trading in August 1994.
The Contraceptive Train
The story of the women who defied Irish law by bringing contraceptives into the country.
T Dan Smith
The story of T Dan Smith, Labour leader of Newcastle city council who was jailed in 1974.
Oil in Dorset
How did newly privatised BP extract oil from Dorset in the 1980s without a fight?
Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the controversy in 1986 that surrounded a children's picture book.
Myxomatosis
Chris Ledgard recalls the outbreak of the early 1950s.
1990 Poll Tax Riots
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the Poll Tax demonstration of March 1990.
1967 Mossdale Caverns Tragedy
Ray Kershaw recalls the 1967 tragedy at Mossdale Caverns, when six young potholers drowned
The 1974 Lions
Chris Ledgard recalls the controversial 1974 British Lions rugby tour to South Africa.
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
Legionnaire's Disease
Chris Ledgard meets survivors of the mystery illness that struck in July 1976.
