Back to the 1950s' is a whistle-stop tour of architecture, music, cars, films, places, politics, fashion, furniture, holidays and sport.
Archive footage includes: Prefab architecture, Cliff Richard, Stirling Moss. The Festival of Britain, Suez Crisis, Teddy boys, Formica, Butlins holiday camp, the Roger Bannister 'four-minute mile', with fabulous film memories of the 50s, with Doris Day in 'Pillow Talk' (courtesy of Universal Pictures).
Special topics: The growth of television, rock and roll.
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