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Part 1 Past and present 1945-1957: tradition, war, consensus;literature and drama - rhetoric to empiricism; music, painting,sculpture - modest openings to the world; rebuilding and redesigningBritain; the mass media. Part 2 Great expectations: new departures;"the snobbery that used to exist..."; art - modernist programmes andpersonal visions; underground and overground. Part 3 The return ofGradgrind 1977-1990: the end of consensus; chariots of fire; notwithout renown - art music and architecture; from ink to inc; a decentrecord. Appendix: television national top thirties for week endingJanuary 1990.