Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (TRIH ep 419, part 3)
1974 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History examines the chaotic opening months of Harold Wilson's first 1974 government. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the political and social landscape: a fragile minority administration, rampant inflation amplified by the 1973 oil shock, a recent miners' strike and the ending of the three-day week, and lavish pay settlements that fuelled rising prices.
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Around 1974
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)