Eyewitness -- Authentic Voices of the 20th Century

Last Edited: 17-Oct-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

CD sets from the BBC Archives, packaged as single decade volumes, half-centuries, and a complete set.
See also BBC At War 1938-45, The
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1900-1909
  1. Introduction
  2. The Beginning of the Boer War 
  3. The Boer War - Home Front
  4. Popular Sentiment and Rudyard Kipling  
  5. Ireland and the Boer War
  6. Dissenting Voices  
  7. The Siege of Ladysmith  
  8. The Siege of Kimberley  
  9. Defeats at Magersfontein, Colenso and Spion Kop  
  10. The Relief of Ladysmith 
  11. The Siege of Mafeking   
  12. The Relief of Mafeking  
  13. Guerrilla Tactics  
  14. Atrocity at Christmas   
  15. The Blockhouse System_ The Burning of Boer Farms_ Concentration Camps
  16. Peace and the Treaty of Vereeniging
  17. Imperial Disillusionment
  18. The Death of the Queen  
  19. Funeral Procession on the Solent  
  20. Funeral Procession in London 
  21. The End of an Era  
  22. Introduction  
  23. Science and Superstition
  24. The First Transatlantic Wireless Message
  25. The German Threat and the Kaiser  
  26. Protective Tariffs 
  27. New Liberalism
  28. Poverty  
  29. Poverty and State Intervention
  30. Boy Scouts
  31. Education in a Slum School   
  32. Education at Home  
  33. Women at University
  34. Female Suffrage - The Pankhursts and their Admirers   
  35. Militancy and Arrest
  36. A Militant Suffragette  
  37. Forcible Feeding   
  38. Suffragettes and Suffragists 
  39. 'The Pageant of Great Women' 
  40. Introduction - More Edwardian London   
  41. Clothes and Respectability   
  42. Punishment
  43. The Moral Code
  44. Religious Influence
  45. Temperance
  46. Social Classes and Spiritual Dictators 
  47. The Parish as the Hub of Social Life   
  48. Muscular Christianity and Cricket 
  49. Olympic Games 1908 
  50. Edward Elgar  
  51. Amateur Concerts   
  52. Bicycles and Fairs 
  53. Cornish Tin-Miner  
  54. Alcohol  
  55. Domestic Service   
  56. The Theatre in Rural Areas   
  57. The Theatre in London   
  58. Music Hall and Marie Lloyd   
  59. The Motor-Car 
  60. Powered Flight and Science Fiction
  61. First Channel Flight
  62. Revolution in Politics 1909   
  63. Death of the King
 by Joanna Bourke
narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith
produced by Sarah Kilgarriff
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1910-19
  1. Death of Edward VII - Political Battles of 1910
  2. Coronation of George V
  3. First Royal Variety Performance
  4. Post Impressionist Exhibition of 1910
  5. A Golden Age
  6. Farm Work and Domestic Service
  7. Destitution and Philanthropy
  8. Childhood in Fulham (1)
  9. Childhood in Fulham (2)
  10. The Settlement Movement
  11. The Trade Union Movement
  12. The Labour Party
  13. Siege of Sydney Street (1)
  14. Siege of Sydney Street (2)
  15. National Insurance Act of 1911
  16. The Titanic (1)
  17. The Titanic (2)
  18. Captain Robert Scott's Antarctic Expeditions
  19. Death of Scott
  20. Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1)
  21. Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (2)
  22. The Great War
  23. The Ultimatum
  24. Declaration of War (1)
  25. Declaration of War (2)
  26. Enlistment - 1914
  27. A Child's Experience
  28. Pacifism
  29. Spy Mania
  30. Enlistment - 1915
  31. Arrival in France
  32. Mons and the Battle for Nimy Railway Bridge
  33. Retreat to the Marne and the 'Angel of Mons'
  34. First Battle of Ypres (1)
  35. First Battle of Ypres (2)
  36. The Myth of Langemarck
  37. The Christmas Day Truce
  38. Gas Attack
  39. The Death of Rupert Brooke
  40. Gallipoli (1)
  41. Gallipoli (2)
  42. Sinking of the Lusitania
  43. The Bryce Report
  44. Anti-German Riots in Salford
  45. The Death of Edith Cavell
  46. Home Leave (1)
  47. Home Leave (2)
  48. Alienation from Civilian Life
  49. The Battle of Jutland
  50. The Battle of the Somme - Bombardment
  51. The Battle of the Somme - Attack (1)
  52. The Battle of the Somme - Attack (2)
  53. The Battle of the Somme - Attack (3)
  54. The Battle in the Air
  55. Conscription and Conscientious Objectors
  56. A Reflection on the years 1914 - 1916
  57. Passchendaele
  58. Cavalry Charge in 1918
  59. Khaki Fever
  60. Waiting for News
  61. Allied Victory
  62. Rejoicing
  63. Mourning
  64. Peace Negotiations
  65. The Treaty of Versailles
  66. Women at Work (1)
  67. Women at Work (2)
  68. Defence of Militant Suffragettes by George Lansbury
  69. Increase in Suffragette Militancy
  70. The 'Cat-and-Mouse Act' and the 1913 Derby
  71. The Rokeby Venus
  72. Women in Parliament
  73. Countess Markiewicz
  74. Gun Running at Larne - The Ulster Volunteers (1)
  75. Gun Running at Larne - The Ulster Volunteers (2)
  76. The Irish Volunteers
  77. Arrest of Sir Roger Casement
  78. Rebel Training and a lack of Weapons
  79. Easter Monday 1916 - the Republican side
  80. Easter Monday 1916 - the British side
  81. A Schoolboy's Story (1)
  82. A Schoolboy's Story (2)
  83. The Rebels Executed
  84. Conscription in Ireland and its consequences
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1920-29
  1. A Land Fit for Heroes
  2. Post-War Disillusion
  3. A Soldier's Return
  4. Rejection and Humiliation
  5. Early Broadcasting
  6. John Reith Joins the BBC
  7. King and Empire
  8. R-38 Disaster
  9. Flight from England to Australia
  10. Early Passenger Aircraft
  11. Tutankhamen's Tomb
  12. 1924 Everest Expedition
  13. The Silent Revolution
  14. The Flapper
  15. The Bright Young Things
  16. The 'Flapper' Vote
  17. 'The Waste Land' and 'The Vortex'
  18. James Joyce and 'Ulysses'
  19. D H  Lawrence
  20. Sybil Thorndike and 'St Joan'
  21. Film-making in the 1920's
  22. Sean O'Casey and 'The Plough and the Stars'
  23. The Irish War of Independence
  24. Terror and Reprisal
  25. Irtish Free State Civil War
  26. End of the Civil War
  27. Economic Collapse and Poverty in Glasgow
  28. Poverty and Survival in Glasgow
  29. Infant Mortality in Glasgow
  30. Family Planning Clinic in Salford
  31. Marie Stopes
  32. The First Wembley Cup Final
  33. Diversions and Distractions
  34. Lobby Lud
  35. Liverpool Social Conditions
  36. London Borough of Poplar Rates Rebellion
  37. Unemployment
  38. Hoxton Unemployment Demonstartion
  39. The Mayors of London March
  40. The First Labour Government
  41. The Zinoviev Letter
  42. Labour Defeated
  43. TUC Support for the Miners
  44. The Samuel Report
  45. The Daily Mail Printers' Action
  46. The General Strike Begins
  47. Undercover work
  48. Strikebreaking
  49. Sabotage
  50. Reactions to the General Strike
  51. Respective Roles of The British Gazette and the BBC
  52. Independence of the BBC
  53. The General Strike Collapses
  54. Conclusions
  55. The Miners Continue
  56. The Miners Defeated
  57. England Asleep
  58. First Female Cabinet Minister
  59. Lost Opportunities
  60. Balancing the Budget
  61. Labour Defeat and formation of the National Government
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1930-39
  1. The Distressed Welsh Valleys
  2. The Depression
  3. Unemployment During The Recession
  4. The Unemployment Act And The Means Test
  5. Labour Camps
  6. The Invergordon Mutiny, September 1931
  7. The Nuwm And Hunger Marches
  8. Jarrow And Ellen Wilkinson
  9. The Jarrow March
  10. Parliament's Response To The Petition
  11. Destitution, Communism And The Left Book Club
  12. Indian Nationalism
  13. Gandhi In London
  14. Spinsters' Pensions
  15. The Gresford Colliery Disaster
  16. Aftermath Of Disaster And The King's Visit To Wales
  17. Constiutional Crisis
  18. The Abdication
  19. Coronation Of George Vi
  20. Fascism In Britain
  21. Attraction Of The British Union Of Fascists
  22. Buf Rally At Olympia 1934
  23. Violence At Olympia
  24. Anti Semitism And The Buf
  25. Cable Street And The Public Order Act
  26. The Spanish Civil War
  27. The Battle Of Jarama And War Poetry
  28. British Pro Fascist Volunteers
  29. Irelands Pro Fascist Blueshirts And Anti Fascist Volunteers
  30. British Volunteers For The Republican Brigades
  31. Sacrifices
  32. A Students Commitment
  33. George Orwell On The Aragon Front
  34. Orwell And Disillusionment
  35. Fall Of Barcelonanationalists Win The War
  36. Mass Observation
  37. Surrealist Exhibition 1936
  38. Documentary Film And The Left
  39. Popular Cinema- Sir Alexander Korda
  40. Korda's Legacy
  41. T.E. Lawrence At Clouds Hill
  42. Virginia Woolf
  43. More Virginia Wolf
  44. W.B.Yeats On Rhythm
  45. Theatre In The 1930's
  46. The Loch Ness Monster
  47. More Nessie
  48. The 'bodyline' Cricket Series
  49. Fred Perry Wins Men's Singles Title At Wimbledon
  50. The Green Belt
  51. Suburban Villas
  52. Nudism
  53. Sexual Attitudes In A Lancashire Mill Town
  54. The Rector Of Stiffkey
  55. Return Of The Rector Of Stiffkey
  56. The Chelsea Arts Ball, New Years Eve 1936
  57. Anti-War Mood
  58. The Peace Movement
  59. Anti-Appeasement And Ambivalence
  60. The Oxford Union Debate, 1933
  61. Aftermath Of The Debate
  62. On Meeting Hitler
  63. Jewish Refugees
  64. Splitting The Atom
  65. The War In Abyssinia
  66. The Sudeten Dispute
  67. A Quarrel In A Far Away Country
  68. The Munich Agreement
  69. The Hand That Signed The Paper
  70. Preparations For War
  71. 3 September 1939
  72. A Lovely Summer's Day
  73. Immediate Consequences
  74. The First Night Of War
  75. The Phoney War
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1940-49
  1. Evacuation (1)
  2. Evacuation (2)
  3. Evacuation (3)
  4. Evacuation (4)
  5. 'No Confidence' Debate
  6. Conscientious Objectors
  7. Fifth Columnists
  8. Internment (1)
  9. Internment (2)
  10. The Blackout
  11. Wartime Austerity (1)
  12. Wartime Austerity (2)
  13. Wartime Austerity (3)
  14. Local Defence Volunteers
  15. Women's Wartime Service
  16. Dunkirk (1)
  17. Dunkirk (2)
  18. Dunkirk (3)
  19. Invasion Fears
  20. Capturing a German Parachutist
  21. The Channel Islands (1)
  22. The Channel Islands (2)
  23. An Englishwoman in Germany
  24. The Battle of Britain
  25. Battle of Britain Pilots (1)
  26. Battle of Britain Pilots (2)
  27. The Blitz - London
  28. The Cafe de Paris Tragedy, March 1941
  29. The Bombing of Coventry
  30. Shelterers (1)
  31. Shelterers (2)
  32. Shelterers (3)
  33. V1's and V2's
  34. GI's (1)
  35. GI's (2)
  36. GI's (3)
  37. The Beveridge Report
  38. Reactions to Beveridge Report
  39. Wartime Cinema (1)
  40. Wartime Cinema (2)
  41. Lunchtime Recitals and ENSA Shows
  42. The Windmill Theatre
  43. Tommy Handley and ITMA
  44. Vera Lynn
  45. The Sinking of HMS Hood (1)
  46. The Sinking of HMS Hood (2)
  47. The Far East
  48. The Burma-Siam Railway
  49. Prisoners of the Japanese
  50. The North Africa Campaign
  51. D-Day (1)
  52. D-Day (2)
  53. D-Day (3)
  54. The Battle of the Bulge (the Ardennes Offensive)
  55. Prisoners of the Germans (1)
  56. Prisoners of the Germans (2)
  57. Prisoners of the Germans (3)
  58. The Bombing of Dresden
  59. Belsen
  60. Germany Surrenders
  61. Irish Neutrality
  62. 1945 Election Campaign
  63. Churchill's Blunder
  64. Conservatives Routed
  65. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  66. Japan Surrenders
  67. Conscientious Objection
  68. VJ Day
  69. Nuremberg
  70. Housing Shortage and Demobilisation
  71. Post-War Austerity
  72. Winter 1946-7
  73. The Groundnut Scheme
  74. More Post-War Austerity
  75. Partition of India (1)
  76. Partition of India (2)
  77. Partition of India (3)
  78. 'Disturbance' at Shaikpura
  79. The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
  80. Palestine
  81. Butlin's Holiday Camps Re-open
  82. Founding of the Edinburgh Festival
  83. Housing - New Towns and Pre-Fabs
  84. The National Health Service
  85. 1948 Olympic Games  in London
  86. SS Empire Windrush
  87. 'An Iron Curtain has Descended'
  88. British Nuclear Deterrent
  89. Berlin Blockade
  90. The Yangtze Incident
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1950-59
  1. Life in the Fifties
  2. The Festival of Britain (1)
  3. The Festival of Britain (2)
  4. The Festival of Britain (3)
  5. The Festival of Britain (4)
  6. Legacy of the Festival
  7. Labour Loses the 1951 Election
  8. Death of King George VI
  9. The Coronation (1)
  10. The Coronation (2)
  11. The Conquest of Everest
  12. 'New Elizabethans'
  13. Lynmouth Floods
  14. North Sea Floods
  15. Smog of 1952
  16. New Housing
  17. Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) inaugurated
  18. Computer Technology
  19. Breaking the Sound Barrier
  20. Roger Bannister runs the First Sub-Four Minute Mile
  21. The Munich Air Crash (1)
  22. The Munich Air Crash (2)
  23. The Munich Air Crash (3)
  24. Popular Culture
  25. The State of British Catering
  26. Fifties Society
  27. The Appeal of James Bond
  28. Angry Young Men
  29. 'Look Back in Anger' (1)
  30. 'Look Back in Anger' (2)
  31. The Angry Authors
  32. The Labour Party and Youth
  33. British Cinema
  34. Teenagers
  35. Teddy Boys
  36. Sexual Attitudes
  37. Rock and Roll and Coffee Bars
  38. The Two I's
  39. Cliff Richard - launch of career
  40. Juke Boxes
  41. 'Rock Around the Clock' and Riots (1)
  42. 'Rock Around the Clock' and Riots (2)
  43. The Flogging Debate
  44. The Derek Bentley Case
  45. The Ruth Ellis Case (1)
  46. The Ruth Ellis Case (2)
  47. National Service
  48. The Goon Show (1)
  49. The Goon Show (2)
  50. National Service Experiences
  51. Malaya (1)
  52. Malaya (2)
  53. Malaya (3)
  54. Kenya
  55. Korea
  56. Battle of the Imjin River
  57. Prisoners of the Chinese (1)
  58. Prisoners of the Chinese (2)
  59. A Reflection on the first phase of Korean War
  60. Korean Refugees
  61. Nationalisation of the Persian Oil Fields
  62. Cyprus
  63. The Suez Canal Seized by Nasser
  64. Anglo-French Action
  65. Aftermath of Suez
  66. Hungarian Uprising coincides with Suez
  67. Sir Anthony Eden Resigns
  68. Unidentified Flying Objects
  69. Burgess and Maclean Defection (1)
  70. Burgess and Maclean Defection (2)
  71. Wolfenden Report
  72. Street Offences Act
  73. Racial Discrimination and Attitudes
  74. Notting Hill Race Riots (1)
  75. Notting Hill Race Riots (2)
  76. Notting Hill Race Riots (3)
  77. H-Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll
  78. Winston Churchill Resigns
  79. Britain's Nuclear Power Stations
  80. Leika - Dog in Space
  81. H-Bomb Test - Christmas Island
  82. Nuclear Development vs Nuclear Disarmament
  83. CND and the First Aldermaston March (1)
  84. CND and the First Aldermaston March (2)
  85. CND and the First Aldermaston March (3)
  86. CND and the First Aldermaston March (4)
  87. CND and the First Aldermaston March (5)
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1960-69
  1. A New Age
  2. The 'Lady Chatterley' Obscenity Trial
  3. Beyond the Fringe
  4. Private Eye
  5. That Was the Week That Was
  6. The Profumo Affair (1)
  7. The Profumo Affair (2)
  8. The Profumo Affair (3)
  9. Macmillan resigns
  10. Kennedy Assassination
  11. The Beatles (1)
  12. The Beatles (2)
  13. Homosexual Law Reform
  14. New writing and 'The Theatre of Cruelty' Season
  15. Drug culture
  16. Charity 'Release'
  17. Transcendental Meditation
  18. The Hippy Trail
  19. Love-in at Haytor
  20. Sex and Mini skirts
  21. Swinging London
  22. The Permissive Society
  23. Legacy of the Permissive Society
  24. The Berlin Crisis 1961
  25. The Cuba Crisis
  26. Protest- Committee of 100
  27. Vietnam
  28. Grosvenor Square Anti-Vietnam Demo
  29. Student Unrest
  30. Protest at the LSE
  31. Establishment Reaction
  32. New Universities
  33. Leaving Home and Fitting In
  34. Gender Equality - At Work
  35. Gender Equality - At Home
  36. Sexism
  37. Permissiveness and the Pill
  38. Abortion Bill
  39. Humanae Vitae (1)
  40. Humanae Vitae (2)
  41. Death of Winston Churchill
  42. 1966 World Cup
  43. Social divisions
  44. Rachmanism (1)
  45. Rachmanism (2)
  46. Housing Act 1964
  47. 1964 General Election
  48. Labour Election Victory
  49. 'Cathy Come Home'
  50. Aberfan tragedy
  51. Ronan Point tower block collapse
  52. South Africa Leaves the Commonwealth
  53. Rhodesia, Unilateral Declaration of Independence 1965
  54. EEC Probe
  55. Seamen's Strike
  56. Economic Crisis- Devaluation
  57. Ford Women's Strike
  58. In Place of Strife
  59. British Fascists Re-emerge
  60. Revival of Racism
  61. Rivers of Blood
  62. Shocked Reaction to Powell's Speech
  63. Hysterical Support for Powell
  64. A Black Londoner's View
  65. Casement's Bones returned to Dublin
  66. Dungannon Housing Protest
  67. Background to the Northern Irish Civil Rights Association
  68. First Civil Rights March- 24th August 1968
  69. October 5th 1968
  70. Plea for Calm
  71. The Troubles Begin
  72. Eyewitness Accounts of the Londonderry Protest
  73. Politicisation
  74. Civil Rights Demo- 17th November 1968
  75. O'Neill promises reforms
  76. Ian Paisley
  77. Bernadette Devlin MP
  78. Plea for Justice and Peace
  79. Political Reform - One man One vote
  80. The Battle of Bogside
  81. British Troops Arrive
  82. Free Derry
  83. Removal of Barricades
  84. The Cameron Report Published
  85. 'Civil War'
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1970-79
  1. Youth Culture
  2. The Oz Trial (1)
  3. The Oz Trial (2)
  4. The Oz Trial (3)
  5. Feminism (1)
  6. Feminism (2)
  7. The Gay Liberation Front
  8. Equal Pay
  9. Battered Wives
  10. The Yorkshire Ripper (1)
  11. The Yorkshire Ripper (2)
  12. The 'Black Panther'
  13. Sir Geoffrey Jackson Kidnapped
  14. The Angry Brigade (1)
  15. The Angry Brigade (2)
  16. The Emergence of Punk (1)
  17. The Emergence of Punk (2)
  18. 'God Save the Queen' by the Sex Pistols
  19. The Queen's Silver Jubilee
  20. Wimbledon 1977
  21. General Election, 18th June 1970
  22. EEC and Britain's Entry
  23. Ibrox Park Stadium Disaster
  24. Industrial Relations Bill 1971
  25. Miners' Strike
  26. State of Emergency and the 3-Day Week
  27. The Rise of Margaret Thatcher
  28. Conservative Leadership Contest
  29. The Poulson Scandal (1)
  30. The Poulson Scandal (2)
  31. The Disappearance of Lord Lucan
  32. The Disappearance of John Stonehouse MP
  33. Allegations against Jeremy Thorpe
  34. Labour's Economic Problems
  35. Harold Wilson Resigns
  36. The Labour Party Divide
  37. The Grunwick Strike
  38. Plea for TUC Support
  39. Strike against Social Contract
  40. Labour Party Conference 1977
  41. Irishness
  42. Civil War
  43. The Army in Northern Ireland
  44. Internment (1)
  45. Internment (2)
  46. Bloody Sunday
  47. The Widgery Report
  48. The Bloody Sunday Inquest
  49. The Use of Rubber Bullets
  50. The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
  51. Direct Rule
  52. The Assassination of Ranger William Best
  53. Civilian Targets
  54. Bloody Friday
  55. Soldiers Decoyed
  56. Daily Life in Ulster
  57. The Sunningdale Agreement
  58. Kidnap of Thomas Niedermayer
  59. Ulster Workers' Strike
  60. The Mainland Bombing Campaign
  61. Ceasefire
  62. The Bessbrook massacre (1)
  63. The Bessbrook massacre (2)
  64. 'Special Category' prisoner status
  65. The death of the Maguire children
  66. The Women's Peace Movement (1)
  67. The Women's Peace Movement (2)
  68. The murders of Airey Neave and Earl Mountbatten of Burma
  69. The Warrenpoint massacre
  70. James Callaghan and union problems
  71. The 'Winter of Discontent' (1)
  72. The 'Winter of Discontent' (2)
  73. 'No Confidence' debate 20 March 1979
  74. Racial discrimination and immigration
  75. Anti-National Front riots, Southall
  76. The death of Blair Peach
  77. 'Law and Order' and Tory policies
  78. 1979 Election campaign
  79. The economy and the unions
  80. Thatcher's victory
  81. 'No woman Prime Minister in my lifetime'
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1980-89
  1. The Thatcher decade
  2. Death of John Lennon
  3. The Royal Wedding
  4. 'The lady's not for turning'
  5. Rising unemployment
  6. 'People's March for jobs'
  7. Argentina invades the Falkiand Islands (1)
  8. Argentina invades the Falkiand Islands (2)
  9. The Task Force
  10. 'Rejoice' (South Georgia retaken)
  11. Sea Harrier vs Sea Hawk
  12. 'I counted them all out...'
  13. The sinking of the Belgrano
  14. The loss of HMS Sheffield
  15. Troop landings
  16. The loss of HMS Ardent
  17. The Battle of Goose Green
  18. Sir Galahad hit
  19. Surrender and aftermath
  20. Protest against cruise missiles (1)
  21. Protest against cruise missiles (2)
  22. Protest against cruise missiles (3)
  23. Ethiopian famine
  24. The Market Economy
  25. Pit Closures - A fight to the death
  26. The Miners' Strike Begins
  27. Confrontation
  28. Drift back to work (1)
  29. Drift back to work (2)
  30. The strike ends
  31. Dispute at GCHQ
  32. 'Pravda'
  33. News International Dispute, Wapping
  34. The SDP (Social Democratic Party) (1)
  35. The SDP (Social Democratic Party) (2)
  36. The SDP (Social Democratic Party) (3)
  37. Militant Tendency (1)
  38. Militant Tendency (2)
  39. Militant Tendency (3)
  40. Legacy of the SDP
  41. Margaret Thatcher's style
  42. Bradford City stadium Fire
  43. The Herald of Free Enterprise
  44. The Great Storm
  45. The Kings Cross Fire
  46. 1987 General Election
  47. Stock Market Crash
  48. 'Spitting Image' and Margaret Thatcher
  49. Sport
  50. Heysel Stadium disaster
  51. Stuttgart, European Championships
  52. Hillsborough tragedy
  53. Racism and football
  54. Brixton riots (1)
  55. Brixton riots (2)
  56. Wood Green, London
  57. The Scarman report
  58. Toxteth, Merseyside
  59. Handsworth, Birmingham
  60. Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham, London
  61. Aftermath of Broadwater Farm
  62. The Hungerford massacre
  63. Video nasties
  64. Glue sniffing
  65. Juvenile heroin
  66. AIDS
  67. Health Campaigns
  68. Princess of Wales and AIDS charity
  69. Northern Ireland
  70. Hunger Strikes (1)
  71. Hunger Strikes (2)
  72. Hunger Strikes (3)
  73. Hyde Park and  Regents Park Bombings
  74. GLC invites Sinn Fein leaders to London
  75. Harrods Bomb
  76. Brighton Bomb
  77. Hillsborough Agreement
  78. Enniskillen
  79. IRA Members shot dead in Gibraltar
  80. Attack at Milltown Cemetery
  81. British Army Corporal murdered by mob
  82. Bombing of Royal Marine School of Music, Deal, Kent
  83. Birmingham Six Appeal fails
  84. Guildford Four Released
  85. Iranian Embassy Siege (1)
  86. Iranian Embassy Siege (2)
  87. Libyan Embassy demo - Murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher
  88. Lockerbie
  89. Hostage-taking in Lebanon
  90. Fall of the Berlin Wall
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1990-99
  1. 1990
  2. Poll Tax Riots (1)
  3. Poll Tax Riots (2)
  4. The Fall of Margaret Thatcher (1)
  5. The Fall of Margaret Thatcher (2)
  6. John Major
  7. Inclusive Conservatism
  8. The Maastricht Treaty
  9. Launching the Football Premiership
  10. The National Lottery
  11. 1992 Election Campaign
  12. Labour's Tax Plans
  13. Labour Party Rally, Sheffield
  14. Neil Kinnock Resigns
  15. John Smith and Reform
  16. Unemployment - 'a price worth paying'
  17. Lloyds' losses
  18. Maxwell Pension Fund Fraud
  19. New Age Travellers
  20. Benefit Fraud
  21. 'Black Wednesday' 16-9-92
  22. Last Pit in the Rhondda Valley
  23. More Pit Closures
  24. Lebanon Hostages Released
  25. Execution of Farzad Bazoft
  26. Iraq Invades Kuwait
  27. Hostages and Human Shields
  28. British troops in desert - Anti-war protest at home
  29. The Gulf War (1)
  30. The Gulf War (2)
  31. The Gulf War (3)
  32. Political outcome
  33. Gulf War Syndrome
  34. The Disintegration of Yugoslavia
  35. United Nations Peacekeepers arrive
  36. Sarajevo and the rules of engagement
  37. Ethnic Cleansing
  38. Samantha Fox visits Vitez
  39. Safe Havens and UNHCR relief
  40. Gorazde (1)
  41. Gorazde (2)
  42. Landmines
  43. Massacre at Srebrenica
  44. The Dayton Accords
  45. Bosnian Refugees
  46. Kosovo
  47. The Channel Tunnel
  48. Stephen Lawrence
  49. Miscarriages of Justice
  50. IRA tactics - 'proxy' or 'human' Bombs
  51. Protestant paramilitary murders in Craigavon
  52. Bombs in Belfast
  53. Warrington Bomb
  54. IRA cease fire and reactions (1)
  55. IRA cease fire and reactions (2)
  56. IRA cease fire and reactions (3)
  57. Murder of Jamie Bulger
  58. Dunblane Massacre
  59. Labour leadership election
  60. Clause 4 debate
  61. BSE crisis
  62. 'Back to Basics'
  63. Age of consent for homosexual males
  64. Outrage and 'outing'
  65. 'The British Disease'
  66. 'Sword of Truth'
  67. 'Cash for Questions'
  68. Conservative leadership challenge
  69. 'Education, Education, Education'
  70. Labour and the Press
  71. General Election 1997
  72. Schadenfreude
  73. John Major resigns
  74. New Labour - Monetary and Foreign Policy (1)
  75. New Labour - Monetary and Foreign Policy (2)
  76. Hong Kong handover
  77. Charles and Diana Separate
  78. Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
  79. Public Reaction
  80. Funeral Procession
  81. 'New Britishness'
  82. Welsh devolution referendum
  83. Scottish Parliament
  84. 'Cool Britannia'
  85. Mandelson Resigns
  86. Good Friday Agreement (1)
  87. Good Friday Agreement (2)
  88. The Third Way
  89. A Mayor for London (1)
  90. A Mayor for London (2)
  91. Sea-Change
  92. Cloning
  93. MMR fears
  94. Mobile Phones
  95. 'The Millennium Bug'
  96. The Millennium Dome
  97. New Year's Eve 1999
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