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简介:Inthemiddleofthe17thcentury,Britainwasdevastatedbyacivilwarthatdividedthenationintotwotribes-theRoundheadsandtheCavaliers.Inthisprogramme,celebritiesandhistoriansrevealthatmodernBritainisstilldefinedbythebattlebetweenthetwotribes.TheCavaliersrepresentaBritainofpanache,pleasureandindividuality.TheyareconfrontedbytheRoundheads,whostandformodesty,discipline,equalityandstateintervention. Theideaswhichemerged350yearsagoshapedourdemocracy,civillibertiesandconstitution.Theyalsocreateaculturaldividethatinfluenceshowwelive,whatwewearandevenwhatweeatanddrink.Individualsusuallyidentifywithonetribeortheother,butsometimestheyneedsomeelementsoftheenemy'sidentity-DavidCameronseeksadashofthedown-to-earthRoundhead,whileEdMilibandlooksforsomeCavaliercharisma. FeaturingcontributionsfromLaurenceLlewelyn-Bowen,ASByatt,JulianFellowes,PhilippaGregory,AnneWiddecombeandClarissaDicksonWright. AreyouaRoundheadoraCavalier?…