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The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Description: British historian Dominic Sandbrook travels back to the 1980s in a series documenting how the era changed the nation. Fashion, sports, politics and popular culture were all influenced by each other and what was happening at the time. The first episode focuses on how the 80s brought more choice and consumerism, changing the way we shopped, cooked and what we wore. Margaret Thatcher's success changed views on fixed identities, although she didn't actively support the ideology herself. Episodes then go on to look at the country's relationship with the rest of world, re-examining what it meant to be British.
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Cast: Dominic Sandbrook
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Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You

Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You
Plot: Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores postwar Britain in this four-part documentary focusing on culture. The end of the Second World War saw Britain go through tremendous loss, including the decline of industry and an economic struggle. Sandbrook, however, discusses the influence of these circumstances...
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The 70s

The 70s
Plot: Historian Dominic Sandbrooke hypothesises that the decade of the 1970s shaped the Britain of modern times. In this programme, he takes a radical look at the decade, the first during which Britons felt the thrill of freedom and money. From the aspiration and ambition of the early part of the decade...
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The Sixties: The Beatles Decade

The Sixties: The Beatles Decade
Plot: A look into how the Beatles personified the cultural changes that were taking place in the 1960s.
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British Passions on Film

British Passions on Film
Plot: Featuring enthusiasts of some of Britain's best-loved games, hobbies and leisure activities, and also paying tribute to those with more offbeat preoccupations, including D-I-Y obsessive's and those with a penchant for collecting street furniture.

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Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Strange Days: Cold War Britain
Plot: Historian Dominic Sandbrook investigates the strange years of the Cold War.
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It Seems Like Yesterday

It Seems Like Yesterday
Plot: View popular culture during the baby boomer years, from 1945 to 1980.

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The '90s: The Last Great Decade

The '90s: The Last Great Decade
Plot: Like most decades, the 1990s were filled with highs and lows. Technology paved the way for a digital future, and billionaires were created faster than ever before. But there were the Columbine massacre, a growing al-Qaida threat, and scandals involving President Clinton. On the heels of its popular...
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The Eighties

The Eighties
Plot: The third installment from executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed series "The Sixties" and "The Seventies," tackles 10 years shaped by exceptionalism and excess. Like its predecessors, "The Eighties" intersperses rare archival...
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Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie

Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie
Plot: Presenter Chris Barrie explores pivotal moments in Britain's recent engineering past. Beginning with the 1910s, he examines the inventions that industrialised the nation and paved the way for World War I, then moves to the technology of the 1920s and decades beyond. From a nostalgic look at trains...
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Disappearing Britain

Disappearing Britain
Plot: Three TV heroes look at how British institutions have changed over the years.
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