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Broadcast: 7 April 2008 Palm Sunday is declared a day of mourning for Martin Luther King, rioting continues in America, and motor racing hero Jim Clark dies. Music used in this edition Nina Simone: Do What You Gotta Do , 'The Sound of Music' soundtrack: Morning Hymn and Alleluia , The Millennium: Blight , The Nice: Brandenburger , Clarence Carter: Slip Away
Broadcast: 8 April 2008 Hanoi and Washington enter into talks, a Boeing 707 plane crashes at Heathrow and archaeological excavations at Silbury Hill commence. Music used in this edition Rolling Stones : Under My Thumb , Les McCann: Compared to What , The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
Broadcast: 9 April 2008 Martin Luther King's funeral, Alexander Dubcek's Czechoslovakian government publish their statement of intent 'Road To Socialism', Labour details the forthcoming Race Relations Bill, and a glass car is seen on the streets of London. Music used in this edition Can: Butterfly , The Millennium: I Just Want To Be Your Friend , Archie Bell: Tighten Up
Broadcast: 10 April 2008 Oscars night, the TUC ignore the government pay ceilings, and accusations of racism are levelled at London Transport. Music used in this edition Cliff Nobles: The Horse , Terje Rypdal: A Feeling Of Harmony , Sly and the Family Stone: Everyday People , The Millennium: Karmic Dream Sequence No 1
Broadcast: 11 April 2008 An assassin attempts to kill German student leader Rudi Dutschke. America's Civil Rights Bill is signed by US president Lyndon B Johnson, and the leader of Biafra speaks out. Music used in this edition John Fahey: Martin Luther King , Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) , Can: Ethnological Forgery Series No 7
Broadcast: 12 April 2008 We take a look at work on Israel's first TV station, a human rights pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral continues, and Blackpool holidays are under threat. Music used in this edition Jimi Hendrix: Little Wing , Os Mutantes: A Minha Mnina , Soft Machine: Box 25/4 Lid
Broadcast: 13 April 2008 The first of a series of major Mafia trials begins in Sicily, students riot for Rudi Dutschke, and Julie Felix sings at the CND march. Music used in this edition Pink Floyd: Let There Be More Light , Miles Davies: Falling Water
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