Decades That Defined Us
Decades That Defined Us: Season 1

Air Date

August 17, 2022

Episodes

3 episodes

Decades That Defined Us

Season 1

Episodes

The Sixties

1. The Sixties

August 17, 2022
44 min

Explores the 1960s, a decade that saw new hope, new divisions and the emergence of a counterculture that would redefine society. Key topics include Kennedy, Martin Luther King and the Cold War.

The Seventies

2. The Seventies

August 24, 2022
44 min

Examines how the 1970s, a decade that included the Watergate scandal, the election of Margaret Thatcher and changing ideas about the West's place in international affairs, helped shape the modern world.

The Eighties

3. The Eighties

August 31, 2022
44 min

Computers, Chernobyl, fall of the Berlin Wall - the decade that saw politics shift to the right, reshaping the West, while democracy would triumph as the Berlin Wall fell.