| Genre: | Documentary |
| Presenter: | Dominic Sandbrook |
| Theme Music Composer: | Reigns |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Executive Producer: | Dominic Crossley-Holland |
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| Channel: | BBC Two |
| Related: | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook |
The 70s is a British documentary television series about the 1970s. It was broadcast on BBC Two in four episodes and was presented by Dominic Sandbrook.
Air date: 16 April 2012
During this time, homeownership increased and house prices rocketed. More people went abroad on holidays than in previous years. Tens of thousands of Ugandan Asians move to the UK, having been expelled by its dictator Idi Amin. Coal miners caused major problems for the government of Prime Minister Edward Heath.
Air date: 23 April 2012
During these years, the UK joined what is now the European Union and there were large increases in inflation and the oil price. The sexual revolution gathered pace and environmental awareness became more common.
Air date: 30 April 2012
New laws against sex discrimination were introduced, giving women the same rights at work as men. Football hooliganism, the Queen's silver jubilee and punk rock were other features of these years.
Air date: 7 May 2012
The first episode was watched by around 2.7 million people (an audience share of 10.3%).[1]
Nigel Farndale of the Sunday Telegraph gave it four stars out of five, saying Sandbrook "knows his subject", with the series being entertaining as well as having "a big idea at the core" — that the decade inspired Thatcherism.[2]