Andrew Marr's History of Britain...

Interesting these days that you have to have the name of the presenter before the name of the programme to pique interest...
Just watching this on BBC News website while doing a cover, and it's the 1950s - 60s.
Just introducing immigration from Commonwealth, apparently all 800 million people had free right of entry to the UK at the time.
Thousands from Caribbean arrived to find work as jobs were scarce at home, and inner city tensions. Lots of young men arriving without families. Watch it from around 28 minutes in, and take a look.
Race riots in Notting Hill in 1958 - and calls for immigration controls...
Some useful materials for AS/A2 Geographers.

Doing some investigations on this topic, and came across a source of news videos which will probably be useful to someone. It's called NEWSFILM ONLINE. Some useful clips...

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Anonymous said…
I've really enjoyed the Andrew Marr programmes, the first one was particularly interesting, especially how the Americans repaid us after the Second World War, special relationship...

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