The Looking Glass War
Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years, looking at the frontline of the conflict as consumerism was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.
Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War. For Sandbrook these are the years in which we were both more secure and prosperous that we had ever been - and at the same time, lived everyday with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation. This is not just a story of the superpower arms race or daring spies, real and fictional, it is a story in which all we played a crucial part.
In the second episode, Dominic looks at the frontline of the conflict as a newly prosperous Britain of consumerism was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.
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The War Game
Duration: 02:25
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Consumerism versus communism
Duration: 01:44
Music Played
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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Takes The Lektor
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Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing
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The Beatles
A Day In The Life
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The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
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Sammy Salvo
A Mushroom Cloud
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Shots in the Dark
Henry Mancini
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Algiers - November
Ennio Morricone
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The Everly Brothers
All I Have To Do Is Dream
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Another Brick In the Wall
Pink Floyd
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The Shadows
Apache
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Blondie
Atomic
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The Beatles
Back In The U.S.S.R.
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Dave Brubeck
Blue Rondo A La Turk
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The Beatles
Can't Buy Me Love
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Mantovani
Charmaine
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Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing
Checkpoint Charlie
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The Spotnicks
Dark Eyes
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Petula Clark
Downtown
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The Beatles
Drive My Car
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Henry Mancini
Experiment in Terror
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John Barry
From Russia With Love (main title)
Orchestra: Unknown orchestra. Conductor: John Barry. -
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Deleted Record
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Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing
Ideal Home
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The Who
Join Together
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John Barry
Meeting with Grantby and Fight
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Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing
Nightmares
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The Beatles
Ob-la-di
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Skeeter Davis
Optimistic
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Kraftwerk
Radio Activity
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Johnny and the Hurricanes
Red River Rock
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Michel Legrand
Ring-A-Ding
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The Beatles
Rock and Roll Music
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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bomb Run
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The Beatles
Think for yourself
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Dave Brubeck
Unsquare Dance
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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Waltz No 2 From Jazz Suite No 2
How anarchists exposed secret nuclear bunkers
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Steve Condie |
Director | Deborah Lee |
Series Producer | Deborah Lee |
Presenter | Dominic Sandbrook |
Broadcasts
- Tue 19 Nov 2013 21:00
- Thu 21 Nov 2013 00:50麻豆官网首页入口 Two except Northern Ireland
- Thu 21 Nov 2013 01:20麻豆官网首页入口 Two Northern Ireland
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