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A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland

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Rewind: 1980s - Shortened Versions: 1981

1981

1980s - Shortened Versions

BBC Scotland - Rewind, 1980s - Shortened Versions, 1981

A look back at the music, news and TV of 1981.

Rewind back to 1981 and relive the music, news and events hitting the headlines of this memorable year. 

Rewind back to 1981 and relive the year which saw Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's royal wedding, and former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan become the fortieth president of the United States. Singer Clare Grogan was riding high in the charts with Altered Images as well as starring in Bill Forsyth’s coming-of-age comedy Gregory’s Girl. John McEnroe burst onto the tennis scene to win his first Wimbledon final. Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest, and The Human League topped the charts at Christmas with Don’t You Want Me.

Rewind: 1980s - Shortened Versions

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland


Series revisiting all the great moments from the 1980s.

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