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                        The Birth of Modern Scotland
                
                                    
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            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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            Written all over their faces
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Credits
| Role | Contributor | 
|---|---|
| Narrator | Ken Stott | 
| Executive Producer | Rachel Bell | 
| Director | Colin Murray | 
| Producer | Colin Murray | 
Broadcasts
- Wed 23 Mar 2016 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Scotland
 - Sun 9 Feb 2020 21:00
 - Tue 11 Feb 2020 23:00
 - Wed 5 Aug 2020 22:30
 
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