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The 70s Genre Documentary Presented by
Dominic Sandbrook Theme music composer Reigns Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 4 Executive producer Dominic Crossley-Holland Producers
Steve Condie
Mary Crisp
Tom McCarthy
Fatima Salaria
Paul Tilzey
Editors
Damian Leask
Michael Nollet
Rick Barker
Paul Hodgson
Steve Scales
Camera setup
Justin Evans
Louis Caulfield
Oliver Cheesman
Network
BBC Two Release 16 April (2012-04-16 ) – 7 May 2012 (2012-05-07 )
The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook
The 70s is a
British documentary television series about the 1970s. It was broadcast on
BBC Two in four episodes and was presented by
Dominic Sandbrook .
Episode 1: Get It On, 70–72
Air date: 16 April 2012
During this time, homeownership increased and house prices rocketed. More people went abroad on holidays than in previous years.
Tens of thousands of Ugandan Asians move to the UK , having been
expelled by its
dictator
Idi Amin . Coal miners caused major problems for the government of Prime Minister
Edward Heath .
Episode 2: Doomwatch, 73–74
Air date: 23 April 2012
During these years, the UK joined what is now the
European Union and there were large increases in
inflation and the
oil price. The
sexual revolution gathered pace and
environmental awareness became more common.
Episode 3: Goodbye Great Britain, 75–77
Air date: 30 April 2012
New laws against
sex discrimination were introduced, giving women the same rights at work as men.
Football hooliganism , the
Queen 's
silver jubilee and
punk rock were other features of these years.
Episode 4: The Winner Takes It All, 77–79
Air date: 7 May 2012
Reception
The first episode was watched by around 2.7 million people (an audience share of 10.3%).
[1]
Nigel Farndale of the
Sunday Telegraph gave it four stars out of five, saying Sandbrook "knows his subject", with the series being entertaining as well as having "a big idea at the core" — that the decade inspired
Thatcherism .
[2]
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