Strange Days: Cold War Britain

2013•3h 0m•9.0/10

Documentary

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9.0/10(1)

BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War, looking at the period from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1970s.

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Production

BBC

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 12, 2013

Last Aired

November 26, 2013

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Dominic Sandbrook

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Red Dawn

Air date: 2013-11-12

Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War, a time when Britain was more secure and prosperous than ever, yet lived with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation.

The Looking Glass War

Air date: 2013-11-19

Dominic Sandbrook examines the ideological frontline as newly prosperous, consumerist Britain was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.

Two Tribes

Air date: 2013-11-26

Dominic Sandbrook explores the late 1970s and 1980s, an era when the end of the world seemed a very real possibility and leaders crusaded against the threat of nuclear war.