The 80s With Dominic Sandbrook

British historian Dominic Sandbrook travels back to the 1980s in a series documenting how the era changed the nation. Fashion, sports, politics and popular culture were all influenced by each other and what was happening at the time. The first episode focuses on how the 80s brought more choice and consumerism, changing the way we shopped, cooked and what we wore. Margaret Thatcher's success changed views on fixed identities, although she didn't actively support the ideology herself. Episodes then go on to look at the country's relationship with the rest of world, re-examining what it meant to be British. … MORE