1. The University of Nottingham When Upstairs Downstairs Comes In: the politics of 1970s television historical dramas Steven Fielding Director, Centre for British Politics School of Politics and International Relations University of Nottingham

2. Responding to the 1970s crisis: US conspiracy films

3. The British response to the 1970s crisis: nostalgia?

5. An incomplete list A Family at War (ITV, 1970-2) The Onedin Line (BBC, 1971-80) Upstairs Downstairs (ITV, 1971-5) The Edwardians (BBC, 1972-3) The Regiment (BBC, 1972-3) Sam (1973-5) The Pallisers (BBC, 1974) Shoulder to Shoulder (BBC, 1974) Walk with Destiny (BBC, 1974) South Riding (ITV 1974) Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (ITV, 1974) Edward the Seventh (ITV, 1975) How Green Was My Valley (BBC, 1975) Looking for Clancy (BBC, 1975) Days of Hope (BBC, 1975) The Stars Look Down (ITV, 1975) Clayhanger (ITV, 1976) When the Boat Comes In (BBC, 1976-8) The Cedar Tree (ITV, 1976-9) Lillie (1978) Disraeli (ITV, 1978) Churchill and the Generals (BBC, 1979)

6. The two case studies: two different worlds?

11. Whose hammer is it anyway?

13. The University of Nottingham When Upstairs Downstairs Comes In: the politics of 1970s television historical dramas Steven Fielding Director, Centre for British Politics School of Politics and International Relations University of Nottingham