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

Red Dawn
Nov 12, 2013
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
Nov 19, 2013
Dominic Sandbrook examines the ideological frontline as newly prosperous, consumerist Britain was pitched against the Soviet ideal of communism.

Two Tribes
Nov 26, 2013
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.