The 1980s: The Cold War is entering its fourth decade, and the shadow of nuclear apocalypse is part of everyday life. Made in the ’80s: Decade that Shaped Our World I: Cold War, Channel 4 2022
Everything is a product, a style, a feeling. ibid.
The mix of slogans and nostalgia helped Margaret Thatcher to win the election. ibid.
Thatcher agrees to allow American nuclear cruise missiles to be based on British soil for the first time. ibid.
Anxiety and rapid change: High inflation, strikes, war in the Falklands, even a new TV channel. ibid.
The women of Greenham Common are determined to stop them. Getting rid of the women threatens a PR disaster. ibid.
Summer 1981: The royal wedding is broadcast to an audience of 28 million on all three television channels. At the same time riots all around the country signal the anger of communities who feel excluded from society. Made in the ’80s: Decade that Shaped Our World II *****: Culture Wars
Sound systems become a do-it-yourself escape for young people. ibid.
Britain’s TV industry is stuck in the past … The spirit of the new channel is embodied in a different kind of music show: The Tube. ibid.
The changing culture provokes a backlash. ibid.
Soul II Soul have hits with Keep on Moving and Back to Life. ibid.
At the start of the 1980s Britain is in industrial decline. And almost nobody is paying attention to what would come next. But one group of people have discovered the answer to the country’s problems and their vision will change Britain, its culture and the world beyond. Made in the ’80s: Decade that Shaped Our World III: Silicon Brittania
Computer technology is the stuff of science fiction … For some people in the ’80s Britain’s tech revolution is more than a hobby, it’s a lifeline. ibid.