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Lefties

Lefties poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary series looks at the left wing of British politics in the 1970s. It covers people and ideas from that time in three episodes.

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What happens

Lefties is a three-part 2006 BBC documentary series investigating some aspects of the left of British politics in the 1970s. Lefties was produced and directed by Vanessa Engle. It was produced as a companion series to Tory! Tory! Tory! an overview of the New Right and Thatcherism. It was commissioned by Janice Hadlow as part of her tenure at BBC Four under the belief that 'serious television' was vital in driving ideas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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