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"Clement Attlee's government is now remembered as the founder of the welfare state. At every General Election we are invited to recall the creation of the NHS and the building of a new Jerusal...em. But how radical was this agenda and how much of this memory is myth-making by subsequent Labour governments? Michael Portillo remembers the pragmatism, the compromises and the in-fighting of that post war government. He meets Denis Healey, Peter Carrington and Tony Benn to uncover the forgotten choices made in a Britain exhausted by one war and on the brink of another."
"Clement Attlee's government is now remembered as the founder of the welfare state. At every General Election we are invited to recall the creation of the NHS and the building of a new Jerusal...em. But how radical was this agenda and how much of this memory is myth-making by subsequent Labour governments? Michael Portillo remembers the pragmatism, the compromises and the in-fighting of that post war government. He meets Denis Healey, Peter Carrington and Tony Benn to uncover the forgotten choices made in a Britain exhausted by one war and on the brink of another."
| Series: | Things we forgot to remember |
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| First transmission date: | 2006-12-11 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 |
| Published: | 2006 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:45 |
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| Producer: | Julia Adamson |
| Contributors: | Tony Benn; Peter Carrington; David Edgerton; Martin Gorsky; Josie Harris; Denis Healey; Stuart Mitchell; Andy Munn; Michael Portillo; John Stewart; Beth Taylor; Jim Tomlinson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Labour Party (Great Britain)--History--20th century; National Health Service--History; Attlee, C. R.--(Clement Richard),--1883-1967 |
| Production number: | AUDA155B |
| Available to public: | no |
