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Decades That Defined Us

1 Series ∙ 3 Episodes ∙ History

From news clips and home footage to interviews with world leaders and the public, we embark on a journey through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s: the decades that defined us.

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All episodes for series 1 of Decades That Defined Us

S1 E1 · The Sixties

Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the Cold War - the decade saw new hope, and new divisions.

S1 E2 · The Seventies

Terrorism, oil crisis, Watergate saw the West question its place in the world.

S1 E3 · The Eighties

Computers, Chernobyl, fall of the Berlin Wall - the decade that reshaped the West.

Lucy Worsley Investigates

Guy Martin's Lancaster Bomber

Forbidden History

Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

England's Forgotten Queen: The Life & Death of Lady Jane Grey

Private Lives

Forbidden History S5: Q&A with Jamie Theakston

The World at War

Churchill's Bodyguard

The Sixties; The Beatles Decade

Guy Martin's World War 1 Tank

Guy Martin's Spitfire