A History of Britain S03E04 · The Two Winstons (1910 - present)

Overview

Schama's last programme is a meditation on the place of the past in Britain's 20th-century history. Personified in the sharply different reactions of two of its greatest figures, Winston Churchill and George Orwell, the programme explores the fate of the country through two world wars, the slump and a nervous postwar peace. What was the impact of the crusades and the protests of the century, and did Winston Smith, hero of Orwell's 1984, foresee the contemporary political landscape?

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1. 1 1. Forces of Nature (1780 - 1832)2002-05-28 · 1h 0mBritain never had the kind of revolution France experienced in 1789, but came close to it. This programme explains how 'the romantic generation' discovered the politics of sympathy
2. 2 2. Victoria and Her Sisters (1830 - 1910)2002-06-04 · 1h 0mQueen Victoria came to the throne at the tender age of eighteen, to rule over a country in the throes of a painful but supercharged industrial transformation. Chaos and revolution
3. 3 3. The Empire of Good Intentions (1830 - 1925)2002-06-11 · 1h 0mThe British Empire promised peace, stability and prosperity but in Ireland and India it coincided with violence and famine. The programme examines the origins of agonies which con
4. 4 4. The Two Winstons (1910 - present)2002-06-18 · 1h 0mSchama's last programme is a meditation on the place of the past in Britain's 20th-century history. Personified in the sharply different reactions of two of its greatest figures,