🎧 How the British Prepared for Nuclear War with Julie McDowall
20th Century
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23m
In this bonus interview with Julie McDowall, she talks Dan through exactly how the British government prepared for a worst case nuclear scenario. They discuss surviving the attack, the women who planned to provide jigsaws to the survivors and how Britain might remake itself in the aftermath of armageddon. Producer: Peter Curry
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