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1980s

1980

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Available for 7 months

Rewind takes a look back at 1980 to relive the music and stories making the headlines in this momentous year.

Scottish singers Kelly Marie and Sheena Easton were topping the charts, but across the UK unemployment was on the rise, and tragedy struck when John Lennon was fatally shot in New York. At the Moscow Olympics, Scots sprinter Allan Wells took gold, while at home, Aberdeen won the Scottish League Cup.

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