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Five most evil brainwashing cults

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 month ago4 weeks ago041 mins

Five evil brainwashing cults are examined by TV historian Tony McMahon including the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate

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Yuppie TV ads of the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago26 mins

In the 1980s, the yuppie phenomenon was latched on to by the advertising industry creating a slew of yuppie TV ads as Tony McMahon discovers

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Kojak – 1970s police drama game changer

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

Kojak was one of the great true crime police series of the 1970s with Telly Savalas as the lollipop sucking detective

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Women’s Lib – hostility to equality in the 1970s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago07 mins

Women’s Lib burst on to the scene in the 1970s but the fight for sexual equality was fierce as Tony McMahon discovers

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I Claudius – best historical TV drama ever?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago313 mins

In 1976, the BBC broadcast the Roman drama series I Claudius but as Tony McMahon discovers, some TV critics savaged this TV gem

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Nigel Lawson – the 1980s Tory Chancellor

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago07 mins

In the 1980s, I lived with Nigel Lawson’s nephew while his uncle was Thatcher’s Chancellor of the Exchequer and architect of her financial policies.

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Non-stop political scandals of the 1990s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

The John Major government in the UK faced an avalanche of political scandals in the 1990s that undermined belief in parliamentary politics

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Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

1980s night clubs operated a high degree of racism when it came to their door policy excluding black youth from entering as Tony McMahon discovers

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Thatcher on Apartheid in South Africa

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 months ago5 months ago112 mins

Why was Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister soft on the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa? Tony McMahon investigates.

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1980s Gays – rebels or Tories?

The 70s 80s 90s Blog5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

In the 1980s – gays had the choice to be Tories or rebels. Faced with Clause 28 and bigotry around AIDS, most chose the latter as Tony McMahon discovers.

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