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Channel 5 – Controversially 1983: That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1983: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.50 GB


A look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics, including the breakfast TV battle between the BBC’s underdogs Frank Bough and Selina Scott and the firepower of TV-am’s Famous Five. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1976: That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1976: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.60 GB


A look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics, when I, Claudius, and Bouquet of Barbed Wire dominated the small screen and veteran presenter Bill Grundy encountered the Sex Pistols on a live news show. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1979 That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1979: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.45 GB


Jan Leeming narrates a look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics in 1979, including Monty Python causing a storm of protest with Biblical parody The Life of Brian, while The Kenny Everett Video Show upset moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1968: That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1968: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.67 GB


Controversies, scandals and shocks in TV, film, music and politics, when the violent protests that had shocked France, Czechoslovakia and the US arrived in Britain after a peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War erupted into the Grosvenor Square riot. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1972 That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1972: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.62 GB


Controversies, scandals and shocks in TV, film, music and politics, when a royal reunion proved divisive, Uri Geller demonstrated his fork-bending talents, and Cosmopolitan magazine was launched. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1988: That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1988: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.61 GB


Jan Leeming narrates a look at controversies, scandals and surprises in TV, film, music and politics in 1988, including Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses igniting a literary and religious firestorm and Ian Paisley daring to heckle the Pope. [Read more…]

Channel 5 – Controversially 1990 That Was the Year that Was (2023)

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Channel 5 – Controversially 1990: That Was the Year that Was (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.38 GB


Jan Leeming narrates a look at controversies, scandals and surprises in TV, film, music and politics from 1990, when Mark Fowler rocked Walford with a dramatic return to EastEnders and a sitcom about Adolf Hitler was pulled off air after just one episode. [Read more…]