Britain's late entry into EU had future consequences [audio 30min]

BBC News special correspondent Allan Little looks at how the European Union was created, from the devastation of World War Two to its current incarnation as a new kind of superpower. Focusing on key moments along the journey, he analyses Britain's contradictory relationship with 'Europe'. In Programme 2, "Tell Them I'm Occupied with Cyprus", Little charts Britain's ambiguity towards the process of European integration, first hesitating on the sidelines, then wanting to be 'in'. Initially Britain was rejected -- not once but twice, each time by French President Charles de Gaulle. Edward Heath made it his priority to enter the EEC as soon as he was elected prime minister in 1970. We'll hear from those present at secret negotiations held between Heath and Georges Pompidou. But Britain had to make sacrifices -- Did Britain's late entry lay a time bomb that would explode a decade later?