Description
This programme details not only the major political issues that dominated the day, but also key social changes and cultural trends. This hour-long episode chronicles that remarkable year, 1957.
In this challenging year Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes the new leader of the Tory Party and the country. Egypt takes control of the Suez Canal and reopens it for commercial shipping. This was also a year marked by technological progress as the Cold War superpowers battle for supremacy. The USSR launches its first successful satellite, Sputnik 1, and the Space Race is on! On a lighter note, Stirling Moss competes in the Monaco Grand Prix, and there’s a revolution in the home as new ‘fabulous fifties’ styles in furniture design go on display.
More episodes of A Year to Remember are also available below:
A Year to Remember 1947
A Year to Remember 1948
A Year to Remember 1949
A Year to Remember 1956
A Year to Remember 1958
A Year to Remember 1966
A Year to Remember 1967
A Year to Remember 1968
A Year to Remember 1976
A Year to Remember 1977
A Year to Remember 1978
A Year to Remember 1986
A Year to Remember 1987
A Year to Remember 1988
