1979: Those Were the Days
1979: Those Were the Days
Season 1 Episode 3 of 10
Jan Leeming narrates a look back at key events in TV, film, showbusiness and politics in 1979, including Monty Python causing a storm of protest with Biblical parody The Life of Brian, while The Kenny Everett Video Show upset moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse. It was a year dominated by industrial disputes and the so-called Winter of Discontent, with the upshot that Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister
1979: Those Were the Days airs on 5 +1 at 11:30 PM, Saturday 12 July. (Subtitles, repeat.)
Topics
Arts ➝ Culture (without music)
John Piper
Series Director
Alison Howe
Executive Producer