New Years Eve in Glasgow in the 1980s
In 1989, TV historian Tony McMahon spent the last New Year’s Eve of the decade in Bellshill just outside Glasgow and it was a culture shock!
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Coventry heroes escaping the Ghost Town
In 1981 – Coventry really was the Ghost Town but local heroes like Neville Staple and Errol Christie were trying to make a difference – as Tony McMahon reports
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
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
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
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
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