It Was Alright in the... - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
It Was Alright in the 1970s
Episode one offers a 70s-style education, revealing the toe-curling lessons that TV taught us about society and sex
1980s - An 80s Revolution
Matt Lucas narrates this trawl through 80s TV, a time of revolution, big hair, aggressive poets and monkeys playing tennis - on ice. With Chris Tarrant and Rustie Lee.
1960s - A Brave New World
Matt Lucas narrates a look back at the wild TV of the 60s, with extraordinary clips, and also contributions from Joan Bakewell, Peter Purves and Valerie Singleton
It Was Alright in the 1990s
Matt Lucas narrates another set of eye-popping clips, this time from the era of cool Britannia, where boundaries were pushed by the likes of The Word and TFI Friday
It Was Alright in the 1980s
Narrator Matt Lucas looks back at some jaw-dropping television from the 80s, when there was a lot of fear onscreen, from nuclear armageddon to glue-sniffing, video nasties and AIDS
It Was Alright in the 1970s
A look back at some dangerous 1970s TV, including Tony Blackburn in a cage of lions, and a Spike Milligan sitcom so out there it was taken off screens. With Bill Oddie, Jennie Bond and Samira Ahmed.
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