1979: Britain elects its first woman Prime Minister and loses a great statesman. The news: workers rebel against the Government's pay policy, there's a nuclear accident at
Three Mile Island; the Ayatollah returns to Iran;
DC 10s are grounded; Skylab falls to earth; Generals Idi Amin and Somoza flee for their lives; disaster hits the Fastnet yacht race; and Russia j invades Afghanistan.
The music: Elvis Costello , j Earth, Wind and Fire, the ! Tourists, Tubeway Army, ! Specials AKA, and Police. Producer Rory Sheehan (R)