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Yuppie TV ads of the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 years 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 Blog3 years ago3 years 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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1970s feminism – the fight for women’s liberation

The 70s 80s 90s Blog3 years ago3 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 Blog3 years ago3 years ago513 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 Blog3 years ago3 years 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 Blog3 years ago3 years 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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