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Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War. He looks at the first chilling years of the conflict, when the opposing ideologies were identified.

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War. For Sandbrook these are the years in which we were both more secure and prosperous that we had ever been - and at the same time, lived everyday with the very real possibility of nuclear annihilation. This is not just a story of the superpower arms race or daring spies, real and fictional, it is a story in which all we played a crucial part.

In the first episode, Dominic brings his trademark mix of great archive and surprising storytelling to the first chilling years of the conflict, when the great stand-off between Western capitalism and Soviet communism began.

1 hour

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Wed 13 Nov 2013 23:50
成人论坛 Two Northern Ireland

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  • Count Basie and His Orchestra

    'S Wonderful

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    68

  • Julie London

    A Taste Of Honey

  • Andrew Mogrelia

    Act 1: Entree De Giselle

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Blue Skies

  • Django Reinhardt Trio

    Bouncin' Around

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    Checkpoint Charlie

  • P茅rez Prado

    Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

  • Ambrose and His Orchestra

    Copenhagen

  • The Andrews Sisters

    Don't Fence Me In

  • Julie London

    End Of The World

  • Little Willie John

    Fever

  • Merry Clayton

    Gimme Shelter

  • Johnny Otis

    Harlem Nocturne

  • Henry Hall & His Orchestra

    Hush Hush Here Comes The Bogeyman

  • Art Mooney

    I'm Looking For A Four Leaf Clover

  • Balalaika Ensemble

    Kalinka

  • Helen Forrest

    Mad About The Boy

  • T鈥怋one Walker

    Mean Old World

  • Timothy Farthing & Rupert Farthing

    Nightmares

  • Ruby & the Romantics

    Our Day Will Come

  • James Brown

    Please, Please, Please

  • Bruz Fletcher

    Reminiscent Of You

  • Dinah Washington

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

  • Peggy Lee

    Stormy Weather

  • Dean Martin

    That's Amore

  • Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

    The Man I Love

  • Ambrose and His Orchestra

    The Punch And Judy Show

  • George Gershwin

    They Can't Take That Away From Me

  • Nat King Cole

    Too Young

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Trouble Of The World

  • Gene Autry

    You Are My Sunshine (Album Version)

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Executive Producer Steve Condie
Director Rebecca Templar
Producer Rebecca Templar
Presenter Dominic Sandbrook

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