2: Under Pressure | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Duration: 58'18''

Synopsis

Dominic Sandbrook looks at a dynamic decade. By the mid-80s, Britain felt like an embattled nation, struggling to establish its identity on the global stage.

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