A new four-part series recalling the decade that popularised synthesiser pop, Madonna, acid house, and Stock-Aitken-Waterman, not to mention mobile phones, Thatcherism, name-brand trainers and Perestroika.
1: We Are the World
A look at the decade's politics and sport.with input from Richard Curtis ,
Gary Lineker , Roy Hattersley and many others. Plus music by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Talking Heads, the Smiths and more. Producer Simon Barnett