True Crime insight: Truck hijacking in the 1970s
The start of the 1970s saw a huge surge in truck hijacking with billions of dollars worth of cargo stolen by organised crime
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Munich Olympics massacre of 1972 – the facts
The Munich 1972 Olympics saw the murder of Israeli athletes and a row over the Palestinian group being termed guerrillas and not terrorists
Most evil cults – from Branch Davidians to Aum Shinrikyo
Five evil brainwashing cults are examined by TV historian Tony McMahon including the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate
Yuppie TV ads of the 1980s
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
Kojak – 1970s police drama game changer
Kojak was one of the great true crime police series of the 1970s with Telly Savalas as the lollipop sucking detective
1970s feminism – the fight for women’s liberation
Women’s Lib burst on to the scene in the 1970s but the fight for sexual equality was fierce as Tony McMahon discovers
I Claudius – best historical TV drama ever?
In 1976, the BBC broadcast the Roman drama series I Claudius but as Tony McMahon discovers, some TV critics savaged this TV gem
Nigel Lawson – the 1980s Tory Chancellor
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.
Non-stop political scandals of the 1990s
The John Major government in the UK faced an avalanche of political scandals in the 1990s that undermined belief in parliamentary politics
Racism in 1980s clubs – the door policy!
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