It Was Alright in the 70s - Season 2 (2015)

With the end of the 1990s less than 15 years in the past, the commentators assembled to watch clips are expecting very little difference to modern society. Instead they uncover a world of drinking culture, sensationalism and barbed irony.

The series ends its excursion into different eras by returning the 1980s. A time of mass unemployment, video nasties, a renewed Cold War and the threat of AIDs, where even the advent of the home computer could be seen as a threat.

A look back at how Britain used to entertain itself in the days of austerity and the three day week, with personal safety not considered. Contributors include Tony Blackburn, talking about his own experience singing to five live lions.