Series exploring contemporary history
From 1984, plans to ban trade union membership at the government communications centre in Cheltenham provoked a lengthy industrial dispute. Chris Ledgard presents.
DetailsChris Ledgard meets the survivors and scientists who struggled to find the cause for the mystery illness that struck down hundreds of American ex-servicemen in July 1976.
DetailsJolyon Jenkins examines how the seaside town of Shoreham became convulsed for several months in 1995 when animal welfare hit the headlines and stopped being a minority issue.
DetailsJolyon Jenkins recalls the small paperback published in 1971 which advised children about sex, drugs and how to assert their rights at school.
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