Cold War Britain

Durlston

"Garlic bread!?"

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Jul 15, 2009

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Haywards Heath

• Nov 28, 2013

• #1

On BBC2 at the moment.

Fascinating programme on the threat of a nuclear war over Britain in the early eighties from Russia. Some of those Government adverts were pretty sick but they got the message across.

 

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joeinbrighton

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Nov 20, 2012

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Brighton

• Nov 28, 2013

• #2

Was watching this too. Really well put together programme and jogged my memory on a lot of events that happened during my childhood.

 

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The Birdman

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Nov 30, 2008

6,313

Haywards Heath

• Nov 28, 2013

• #3

Good program enjoyed seeing old blue eyes doing something good for the world.

 

Brighton Mod

Its All Too Beautiful

Dec 30, 2012

2,614

Where the Horse crossed the Bridge

• Nov 28, 2013

• #4

Very interesting, jogged my memory on Thatcher and what she did to help bring it to an end, but can't remember the seriousness of the threat of the bomb that the programe portrayed.

 

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daveinprague

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Oct 1, 2009

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Prague, Czech Republic

• Nov 28, 2013

• #5

What brought it to an end was Russian bankruptcy, trying to keep up with the Americans in the arms race.

 

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Codner's Crackpipe

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Feb 25, 2005

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• Nov 28, 2013

• #6

Brighton Mod said:

Very interesting, jogged my memory on Thatcher and what she did to help bring it to an end, but can't remember the seriousness of the threat of the bomb that the programe portrayed.

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As a child in the 1980s my parents didn't shelter me from their opinion that nuclear war was somewhere between likely and inevitable. their "plan" for when the russian attack came was to load the whole family into the Hillman Avenger and drive to dungeoness. a good solid strategy.

 

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Lincoln Imp

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Feb 2, 2009

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• Nov 28, 2013

• #7

Dominic Sandbrook drives me absolutely barmy with his contorted expressions and absurd inflections and I was forced to forsake an interesting subject for other channels. Same as Robert Peston. A good and knowledgeable man whose presentation style is better suited to amateur dramatics.