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In Living Memory - Series 12

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Series exploring contemporary history

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In Living Memory - Series 12 - Episode 2

Jolyon Jenkins recalls the university sit-ins of 1970, when Liverpool's students flew the red flag from the Senate House and Keele's tried to levitate the vice-chancellor's house.

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In Living Memory - Series 12 - Episode 3

In the mid 1990s companies sprung up offering huge returns on ostrich farming. It seemed too good to be true -and it was. Why did so many apparently intelligent people fall for it?

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In Living Memory - Series 12 - Pope John Paul II in Britain

Chris Ledgard recalls the first papal tour of Britain. It was a turning point for British Catholics but, as the Falklands crisis deepened, many thought it would be called off.

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In Living Memory - Series 12 - The Humber Bridge

Chris Ledgard investigates the story behind the Hull North by-election of 1966. Why did Harold Wilson's government choose that moment to promise a bridge over the River Humber?

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