Larry Hagman presents I Love 1980, a period in which his ten-gallon Dallas character JR Ewing was shot and set up the television story of the year in Who Shot JR? It's the year of Fame, Diff'rent Strokes and Metal Mickey. The Human League and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark promised a brave new world of music... Liquid Gold, Kelly Marie and the Gap Band brought us back down to earth. Girls got into jumpsuits, boys got into labels, The Face told us what we should be getting into. We stuffed our faces with the revolutionary Monster Munch, and Pac Man scoffed everything else.
Celebrating pop culture from 1981.
Looking at pop culture from 1982.
Celebrating pop culture from 1983.
Exploring pop culture in 1984.
Celebrating pop culture from 1985.
A look at pop culture in 1986.
Richard E Grant presents the year that gave us soul sensation Terence Trent D'Arby, and the voice of baritone angel Rick Astley. The Beastie Boys had us fighting for our rights to party, Run DMC told us to walk this way and hit TV show Thirty Something had us wanting to live their way! Designers designed everything in 87, from food and beer to trainers and puffballs. Meanwhile, Damon and Debbie eloped from Brookside and the cult film Withnail and I recreated a very lost weekend.
The series which takes a nostalgic look at 1980s pop culture focuses on 1988, with this edition hosted by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Bill and Ted have an Excellent Adventure on the big screen, while Debbie Gibson, Bros and Tiffany battle it out for pop supremacy. Meanwhile, This Morning and The Hitman and Her are dominating the television schedules, and the Summer of Love changes the sound of clubbing forever. Plus Kylie wishes she were lucky and Flo Jo makes her own luck at the Seoul Olympics.
Celebrating pop culture from 1989.
