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  • 2000-09-05T23:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 2h (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
Documentary series examining the music and the musical icons of the 80s.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

2000-09-05T23:00:00Z

2x01 Spandau Ballet

Season Premiere

2x01 Spandau Ballet

  • 2000-09-05T23:00:00Z30m

From New Romantics to stars to EastEnders, this is the story of Spandau Ballet. After the hits and starring roles for the Kemp brothers, how did they all end up in court?

2000-09-12T23:00:00Z

2x02 Dexys Midnight Runners

2x02 Dexys Midnight Runners

  • 2000-09-12T23:00:00Z30m

Dexy's Midnight Runners brought cheerfulness to the charts with Come On Eileen, but their leader Kevin Rowland ran the band like a military organisation. He and former band colleagues look back on their stormy days of stardom.

2000-09-19T23:00:00Z

2x03 Madness

2x03 Madness

  • 2000-09-19T23:00:00Z30m

United by a love of ska music and skinhead style, seven mates from London's Camden Town became the 1980s most distinctively English pop band - Madness. Members of the band reflect on brushes with the National Front, hits, splits and their earth-rumbling reunion concert.

2000-09-19T23:00:00Z

2x04 Soft Cell

2x04 Soft Cell

  • 2000-09-19T23:00:00Z30m

Soft Cell star in this programme about Eighties pop. Drink, drugs, break-ups and breakdowns rewarded Marc Almond and Dave Ball after they conquered the world with Tainted Love. The duo remember the hits and splits.

2x05 Culture Club

  • no air date30m

The story of Culture Club and the passionate but doomed love affair between singer Boy George and drummer Jon Moss that provided the band's creative drive. All four members discuss the glamour, success and drug culture of the 80s, and the central relationship that was both the making and undoing of the band.

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