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THE LOST DECADE PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS 3
Week 3: Saturday 15 October - Friday 21 October
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Highlights include the 1948 Olympics, a biography of John Wyndham and the classic thriller, The Day of the Triffids.
Saturday 15 October
JOHN WYNDHAM
9.05pm-10.05pm; 1.10am-2.10am
John Wyndham's novels dominated bestseller lists in the 1950s. This dramatised documentary starring Chris Langham explores the science behind his fiction and uncovers his strange private life.
 Watch an interview
FILM: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
10.05pm-11.40pm
Adaptation of John Wyndham’s ground-breaking sci-fi novel. When a shower of mysterious meteorites blinds most of the world’s population, people are left at the mercy of a deadly alien plant.
Sunday 16 October
THOROUGHLY MODERN ANTIQUES: APPLIANCES
7.35pm-8.05pm; 10.45pm-11.45pm;
In 1947 Christion Dior's New Look radically redesigned women's clothes to give them elegant curves and bags of sex appeal. It bid goodbye to years of drab, mannish war-time uniforms. This episode examines just how radical the New Look was and how for many women it was more of a dream than a reality.
BAD FOOD GUIDE
8.05pm-9.05pm; 1.05am-2.05am
How awful were restaurant menus in the age of rationing, Spam and powdered egg? In 1951 Raymond Postgate, left-wing historian and author, published the Good Food Guide, which pointed people to 500 places to eat well.
Monday 17 October
FILM: ODD MAN OUT
11pm-12.50am
Gang leader Johnny McQueen has escaped from prison. During a hold-up he's shot and left in the street.
Tuesday 18 October
JOHN WYNDHAM
12.50am-1.50am
John Wyndham's novels dominated bestseller lists in the 1950s. This dramatised documentary starring Chris Langham explores the science behind his fiction and uncovers his strange private life.
Watch an interview
THOROUGHLY MODERN ANTIQUES: APPLIANCES
8.30pm-9pm; 2.25am-2.55am
In 1947 Christion Dior's New Look radically redesigned women's clothes to give them elegant curves and bags of sex appeal. It bid goodbye to years of drab, mannish war-time uniforms. This episode examines just how radical the New Look was and how for many women it was more of a dream than a reality.
A VERY BRITISH OLYMPICS
9pm-10pm; 12.55am-1.55am
The 1948 Olympics brought hope to a world emerging from the darkness of war, but the 'Blitz Spirit' was still required to ensure their success, as athletes stayed in POW camps and were forced to bring their own sandwiches.
Watch an account of the opening ceremony
Wednesday 19 October
COLD WAR, DIRTY SCIENCE
9pm-10pm; 1.15am-2.15am; 3.25am-4.25am
In the decade following World War II, British scientists planned for a war which would be fought with chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.
FILM: OBSESSION
10pm-11.35pm
This psychological thriller stars Robert Newtown as the cold-blooded Dr Riordan who embarks on a plot for the perfect murder after confronting his wife and her latest lover.
Thursday 20 October
You will need RealPlayer to access the clips and many of them can only be watched if you are in the UK. Visit
WebWise for help downloading RealPlayer
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