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The Birth of Modern Scotland

Documentary series examining the social and political changes that gave birth to modern-day Scotland.

The decade after the Great War would have a profound social and political impact on modern Scotland. Returning troops and exhausted industrial workers were promised a land fit for heroes, but instead found widespread poverty and political discontent.

The first of this three-part series examines the turbulent political situation that was emerging in Scotland, and the new era of class politics that was to materialise.

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Wed 5 Aug 2020 22:30

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Role Contributor
Narrator Ken Stott
Executive Producer Rachel Bell
Director Colin Murray
Producer Colin Murray

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