
“Make America great again”: Ronald Reagan coined this slogan long before Donald Trump. This three-part documentary shows how highly conservative ideas became increasingly widespread in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, leading to Reagan’s election as president in 1980.
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The conservative movement reshaped the U.S., paving the way for Ronald Reagan’s rise and the dominance of free-market ideology. This era, marked by growing inequality and unfiltered political discourse, is revisited through its defining images and myths.

2026-10-06
Aired 2026-10-06
Senator Barry Goldwater was the surprise presidential nomination for the Republican party in 1964.

2026-10-06
Aired 2026-10-06
The 1968 Democratic National Convention descended into a brawl between those for and against the Vietnam War. Following Lyndon Johnson’s unpopular presidency, the party’s bitter divisions were laid bare for all to see.

2026-10-13
Aired 2026-10-13
After Watergate and Nixon’s resignation, the pardon granted to him by his successor, Gerald Ford, infuriates a public grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis.
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