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Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop

Jeff Simpson

Mark Cooper

Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop: Episode 3: Tainted Love

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Episode 3: Tainted Love

Tainted Love

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The story of British pop music in the 1980s, a decade of flamboyant pop in a divided UK.

Documentary series about how pop music is driven by a fascination with sex and gender. The 1980s was the decade of flamboyant pop in a politically-divided Britain.

Four-part documentary series that tells the story of British pop music and our changing attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality. 

The 1980s was the decade of flamboyant pop in a politically-divided Britain, as New Romantics like Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran set the tone. Disco hit the mainstream and then a new disease changed the rules. By the late 80s Britain's sense of masculinity had taken a hammering and it was girls on top.

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Documentary series telling the story of British pop music and changing attitudes to sex.

Four-part documentary series that tells the story of British pop music and our changing attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality.

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