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The 70s

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes viewers on an eye-opening and refreshing journey deep into the 1970s, a decade where the old Britain of the post-war years was transformed into the nation of today.

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Dominic explores the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s and of rampant inflation on Britain's living standards.

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