An Ocean Apart (1988)

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series looks at how the United Kingdom and the United States related to each other over the 20th century. It explains the key people and events that shaped their shared history from the First World War up to the 1980s.

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What happens

An Ocean Apart is a 1988 BBC television documentary series on British-American relations in the 20th century. Presented by David Dimbleby, it explores the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States from the First World War to the 1980s, and examines the people, ideas and events that have shaped the mutual history of the two nations. The series was produced by Adam Curtis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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