Through the Decades - I Love the 80s

Your trusted guide to the decade that redefined big hair.

Larry Hagman 1980
Larry Hagman introduces the year that Pacman was invented and that John Lennon was shot.

Adam Ant 1981
Adam Ant introduces the year that Charles and Di married and MTV went on the air.

DLT, Mike Read and Tommy Vance 1982
DLT, Mike Read and Tommy Vance welcome you to the year that a pot-bellied alien landed in Hollywood.

Roland Rat1983
Welcome to 1983 Roland Rat introduces the year Breakfast TV arrived and Shergar was kidnapped.

Holly Johnson1984
Holly Johnson welcomes you to the year Prince Harry arrived, and the £1 note bowed out.

Grace Jones1985
Grace Jones presents Wham!, Coke, and battery-powered cars.

Patsy Kensit1986
Patsy Kensit introduces the year Argentina won the cup and Sam Fox hit the big time.

Richard E Grant1987
Richard E Grant welcomes you to the year that Sunflowers were pricey and stocks were cheap.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles introduce the year Salman Rusdie went into hiding, and Sue Lawley got unexpected guests.

Jason Donovan1989
Jason Donovan introduces the year that Sky went up, and the Wall came down.


80s TV

1980 Juliet Bravo
1981 Hitchhiker's
1982 The Young Ones
1983 Blackadder
1984 The A-Team
1985 Eastenders
1986 Neighbours
1987 Moonlighting
1988 This Morning
1989 Challenge Anneka



80s music

1980 Blondie
1981 Adam and the Ants
1982 Culture Club
1983 Michael Jackson
1984 Band Aid
1985 Paul Hardcastle
1986 Berlin
1987 Rick Astley
1988 Bros
1989 Kylie and Jason

Dangermouse

A cartoon about a crime-fighting one-eyed mouse who lives inside a pillar box with his hamster sidekick, Penfold, was the only thing to watch after school in the Eighties.

Playgrounds echoed to the catchphrases "Crumbs, chief!", "Penfold shush", and "Si, barone!", brilliantly voiced by Only Fools and Horses' star David Jason, and Terry Scott.

Dangermouse was riddled with knowing references to dozens of films, and some critics now rank the series alongside Monty Python and The Goodies in terms of innovation.