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1st Series 1999

   1.   1- 1   Aug 30 99   1901: A New King, a New Century
   2.   1- 2   Aug 31 99   1902: South Africa, Balfour and Education
   3.   1- 3   Sep  1 99   1903: Naval Build-Up, Free Trade and the Empire
   4.   1- 4   Sep  2 99   1904: Ships, Cars Conurbations, and Churchill Crosses the Floor
   5.   1- 5   Sep  3 99   1905: Rebellion in Russia and Balfour Resigns
   6.   1- 6   Sep  6 99   1906: Corn Flakes, Traffic and the Moroccan Question
   7.   1- 7   Sep  7 99   1907: Women's Rights, Religious Discrimination and Military Reform
   8.   1- 8   Sep  8 99   1908: Asquith, Pensions and the Balkans
   9.   1- 9   Sep  9 99   1909: The Royal Navy and Trouble Brewing in the Lords
  10.   1-10   Sep 10 99   1910: King George V                         
  11.   1-11   Sep 13 99   1911: Constitutional Confrontation and the Agadir Crisis
  12.   1-12   Sep 14 99   1912: The Titanic, Home Rule and the Marconi Affair
  13.   1-13   Sep 15 99   1913: Ireland, Emily Davison and the Tango      
  14.   1-14   Sep 16 99   1914: The UVF and the Outbreak of War      
  15.   1-15   Sep 17 99   1915/1918: The Great War                
  16.   1-16   Sep 20 99   1919: The Origins of World War II          
  17.   1-17   Sep 21 99   1920: Russia and Ireland                  
  18.   1-18   Sep 22 99   1922/1923: Lloyd George Out, Baldwin In        
  19.   1-19   Sep 23 99   1924: The First Labour PM and the Zinoviev Letter
  20.   1-20   Sep 24 99   1925/1926: Churchill's First Budget and the General Strike
  21.   1-21   Sep 27 99   1927/1928: Enter Hitler, and the Rise of Motoring
  22.   1-22   Sep 28 99   1929: Red Buses and the Wall Street Crash      
  23.   1-23   Sep 29 99   1930: European Union and India             
  24.   1-24   Sep 30 99   1931: National Government and Naval Mutiny     
  25.   1-25   Oct  1 99   1932: The King and the Dominions
  26.   1-26   Oct  4 99   1933: The Chancellor of Germany          
  27.   1-27   Oct  5 99   1934: The Night of the Long Knives, and the Long March
  28.   1-28   Oct  6 99   1935: Macdonald Resigns and Hitler Rearms     
  29.   1-29   Oct  7 99   1936: Edward VIII and Unemployment             
  30.   1-30   Oct  8 99   1937: A Coronation as War Looms     
  31.   1-31   Oct 11 99   1938: Anschluss and the Munich Agreement      
  32.   1-32   Oct 12 99   1939: The Approach of War                     
  33.   1-33   Oct 13 99   1940: Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the Evacuation
  34.   1-34   Oct 14 99   1941: Morale, Propaganda, and the USA         
  35.   1-35   Oct 15 99   1942: The Atlantic Charter, India and Women   
  36.   1-36   Oct 18 99   1943: The Turning of the Tide and the Beveridge Report
  37.   1-37   Oct 19 99   1944: D-Day, Education, and the Birth of the UN
  38.   1-38   Oct 20 99   1945: The End of the War and a Labour Landslide
  39.   1-39   Oct 21 99   1946: Shortages, the National Health Bill and the UN Meet
  40.   1-40   Oct 22 99   1947: A Harsh Winter and Independence for India
  41.   1-41   Oct 25 99   1948: BR, the NHS and the Berlin Airlift 
  42.   1-42   Oct 26 99   1949: The Republic of Ireland, the Farthing and NATO
  43.   1-43   Oct 27 99   1950: War in Korea and the European Debate     
  44.   1-44   Oct 28 99   1951: The Return of Churchill
  45.   1-45   Oct 29 99   1952: The Death of George VI      
  46.   1-46   Nov  1 99   1953: The New Elizabeth Age       
  47.   1-47   Nov  2 99   1954: The Four-Minute Mile, the H-Bomb and Eden's Frustration
  48.   1-48   Nov  3 99   1955: The Warsaw Pact and the Departure of Churchill
  49.   1-49   Nov  4 99   1956: The Suez Crisis             
  50.   1-50   Nov  5 99   1957: Harold Macmillan Becomes PM and a Dog Goes into Space 
  51.   1-51   Nov  8 99   1958: CND, Cyprus and the End of National Service          
  52.   1-52   Nov  9 99   1959: Cuba, Cyprus and the Russians Reach the Moon             
  53.   1-53   Nov 10 99   1960: The Wind of Change
  54.   1-54   Nov 11 99   1961: The Bay of Pigs and the Building of the Berlin Wall
  55.   1-55   Nov 12 99   1962: TW3, the Death of Marilyn Monroe and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  56.   1-56   Nov 15 99   1963: Beeching, Profumo and Martin Luther King's Dream
  57.   1-57   Nov 16 99   1964: Ian Smith, Harold Wilson, and Vietnam
  58.   1-58   Nov 17 99   1965: The Death of Churchill, Rolling Thunder and UDI
  59.   1-59   Nov 18 99   1966: Another Labour Victory
  60.   1-60   Nov 19 99   1967: The Six-Day War and Devaluation
  61.   1-61   Nov 22 99   1968: Revolution in Paris and Spring in Prague
  62.   1-62   Nov 23 99   1969: The Troubles, Biafra, and a Place of Strife
  63.   1-63   Nov 24 99   1970: Edward Heath Becomes MP        
  64.   1-64   Nov 25 99   1971: Decimialisation and Ulster in Flames
  65.   1-65   Nov 26 99   1972: Britain Joins Europe, Bloody Sunday, and Black September
  66.   1-66   Nov 29 99   1973: Rivers of Blood, Europe, and the Yorn Kippur War
  67.   1-67   Nov 30 99   1974: Who Governs Britain              
  68.   1-68   Dec  1 99   1975: The Birth of Thatcherism and a Referendum on Europe
  69.   1-69   Dec  2 99   1976: Wilson Resigns
  70.   1-70   Dec  3 99   1977: Jubilee and Charter 77           
  71.   1-71   Dec  6 99   1978: Camp David, Devolution and a Polish Pope
  72.   1-72   Dec  7 99   1979: Prime Minister Thatcher and the IRA
  73.   1-73   Dec  8 99   1980: Afghanistan and Michael Foot     
  74.   1-74   Dec  9 99   1981: The SDP and IRA Hunger Strikes 
  75.   1-75   Dec 10 99   1982: The Falklands War                
  76.   1-76   Dec 13 99   1983: The Falklands Factor Election and Star Wars
  77.   1-77   Dec 14 99   1984: The Miners' Strike and the Brighton
  78.   1-78   Dec 15 99   1985: Gorbachev and the Anglo-Irish Agreement
  79.   1-79   Dec 16 99   1986: Chernobyl and the Westland Affair
  80.   1-80   Dec 17 99   1987: The Great Debate, Black Monday and the Great Storm
  81.   1-81   Dec 20 99   1988: Another Thatcher Victor and Cabinet Divisions
  82.   1-82   Dec 21 99   1989: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square 
  83.   1-83   Dec 22 99   1990: The Poll Tax, the ERM, and Exit Margaret Thatcher
  84.   1-84   Dec 23 99   1991: John Major and War with Iraq      
  85.   1-85   Dec 23 99   1992: Oldies, Speculators, and Labour Falls
  86.   1-86   Dec 27 99   1993/1994: The Death of John Smith, Maastricht, and the Balkans
  87.   1-87   Dec 28 99   1995/1996: Major Resigns and Labour Reforms
  88.   1-88   Dec 29 99   1997: The Death of Diana and the Election of New Labour
  89.   1-89   Dec 30 99   1998/1999: Devolution, Kosovo and the Lords
  90.   1-90   Dec 31 99   2000: 2,000 Years of Kinship