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The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s

Ten essays on crucial developments, one for each year of this remarkable decade, and how they shaped the world in which we now live.

Radio 4,12 episodes

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1975-1979
How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.
12 Apr 2019,57 mins
1979: Iran
Writer Narguess Farzad explores the impact of the 1979 revolution in Iran.
12 Apr 2019,14 mins
1978: IVF
Ruth Deech on IVF, the developments it made possible and what the future may hold.
11 Apr 2019,14 mins
1977: Apple
The story of the Apple II personal computer, launched in 1977, and its legacy.
10 Apr 2019,14 mins
1976: Borrowing into the future
Peter Jay on the financial crisis that led Britain to borrow billions from the IMF.
09 Apr 2019,14 mins
1975: Europe referendum
Stephen Wall on Britain's referendum on membership of the European Economic Community.
08 Apr 2019,14 mins
1970-1974
How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.
05 Apr 2019,57 mins
1974: Nixon resigns
Elizabeth Drew on the impact of Watergate and Richard Nixon's resignation on America.
05 Apr 2019,14 mins
1973: Oil shock
The story of the 1973 oil shock, a turning point in 20th-century economics and geopolitics
04 Apr 2019,14 mins
1972: Pride
Sociologist Jeffrey Weeks on the legacy of the first British Gay Pride Rally, held in 1972
03 Apr 2019,14 mins
1971: The CT Scan
Henry Marsh on a revolution in medical diagnosis brought on by the advent of the CT scan.
02 Apr 2019,14 mins
1970: Modern British feminism
Sheila Rowbotham on Britain’s first national Women’s Liberation Movement conference
01 Apr 2019,14 mins