Synopsis
As the 1960s progress, Harold Wilson takes centre stage in a rapidly changing Britain as the country looks to a fairer, liberated future.
- Programme: Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
- Episode: 03: Paradise Lost
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2007
- History
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