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Britain on the Brink: Back to the 70s?

Britain is suffering the longest peacetime slump in decades. Panorama asks whether Britain is able to cope with a new age of austerity with surprising echoes of the 1970s.

Britain today is suffering the longest peacetime slump in decades. Our economy is in a double-dip recession for the first time since 1975. Panorama asks whether Britain is ready and able to cope with a new age of austerity with surprising echoes of the 1970s. Reporter Adam Shaw examines if we're about to suffer the same social and political upheaval that emerged from that decade.

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterAdam Shaw
ReporterAdam Shaw

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Jul 201220:30
  • Thu 12 Jul 201204:30
  • Fri 13 Jul 201200:15
  • Fri 13 Jul 201201:15
  • Sun 15 Jul 201220:30
  • Tue 17 Jul 201201:55