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The Rock 'n' Roll Years

BBC One
on BBC One London

1980
In the last programme of the series, the birth of a new decade sees the death of a rock legend.
The news; steelworkers strike, others march in the fight for employment and workers in Poland make a stand. The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy and Iraq storms Iran. While everybody asks, 'Who shot JR?', all is revealed on Brighton beach and America elects a B-movie actor as president.
The music: The Jam The Undertones The Pretenders Madness
David Bowie
Adam and the Ants. Videotape editors
COLLO CAULTON. MARK LAWRENCE Producers
SUE GAGAN, URSULA MCCULLOCH

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bowie
Unknown:
Collo Caulton.
Unknown:
Ursula McCulloch
Source: Radio Times

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