Short Sharp Shock – nightmare prison regime
Short Sharp Shock was a military-style prison regime for young offenders that wrecked lives and didn’t work as Tony McMahon discovers
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Mods and Rockers clash in Tamworth – 1979
Mods and Rockers were at each others’ throats again in the late 1970s in the town of Tamworth in England as Tony McMahon discovers
1967 – when abortion became legal in the UK
From the 1960s to the 1990s, abortion became a culture war issue that is hugely divisive down to the present day as TV historian Tony McMahon reports
Tragic end to the Miners Strike 1984/85
The 1984/85 miners strike ended with defeat for organised labour and a victory for neo-liberalism as TV historian Tony McMahon explains
How 1970s parents rescued their children from cults
In the 1970s, parents increasingly tried to rescue their children from cults but ACLU objected on civil liberties grounds
Accidental explosion of the Titan II nuclear missile
When a nuclear missile explodes once, that’s bad. But the Titan II nuclear missile exploded twice on American soil as Tony McMahon reports
When the BBC refused to screen Dallas
In 1985 the BBC lost the rights to screen the TV series Dallas to ITV and refused to screen the remaining episodes
1970s mystery: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
The kidnapping of Patty Heart by the Symbionese Liberation Army was dubbed a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome – but was it? Tony McMahon reports.
Can we avoid a recession by looking at the 1990s?
The next recession will very likely resemble the early 1990s when suicide rates soared as TV historian Tony McMahon recalls and reports
Horror at Attica Prison in 1971 – Riot and Massacre
The 1971 Attica prison riot resulted in a massacre of inmates and guards and drew in the Black Panthers and President Nixon