2008

S1.E1 ∙ 1970

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Troops shoot students at Kent State. First 'jumbo' lands at Heathrow. Edward Heath wins election. Oil disaster in North Sea. 'The Beatles' break up.

0 /10

S1.E2 ∙ 1971

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda. First British soldier killed in Ulster. Hot pants arrive. My Lai massacre court martial. Mick Jagger weds Bianca.

0 /10

S1.E3 ∙ 1972

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Nixon visits China. Arab terrorists seize Olympic hostages. American combat troops withdraw from Vietnam. "Bloody Sunday" shootings in Belfast. Tutankhamun comes to London.

0 /10

S1.E4 ∙ 1973

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Peace treaty ends Vietnam war. The Watergate Affair. Yom Kippur War. Britain's three-day week. Princess Anne engaged.

0 /10

S1.E5 ∙ 1974

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Nixon resigns. Harold Wilson wins election. John Stonehouse disappears. Police search for Lord Lucan. Georges Pompidou dies.

0 /10

S1.E6 ∙ 1975

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

'Thatcherism' is born. Balcombe Street siege. First oil flows from North Sea. Spaghetti House siege. President Ford escapes assassination.

0 /10

S1.E7 ∙ 1976

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Drought hits Britain. Harold Wilson quits Number 10. Princess Margaret and Snowdon part. Israeli commandos free Entebbe hostages. Death of Mao Tse Tung.

0 /10

S1.E8 ∙ 1977

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

North Sea oil rig disaster. Laker launches 'Sky Train'. Elvis Presley dies. Dutch marines kill train terrorists. Jumbo jets collide and kill 574.

0 /10

S1.E9 ∙ 1978

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Donald Woods escapes from South Africa. First test-tube baby. Jeremy Thorpe faces trial. Pope John Paul II dies. Red Brigade kidnaps Aldo Moro.

0 /10

S1.E10 ∙ 1979

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Shah of Iran expelled. Britain's Winter of Discontent. Three Mile Island disaster. US Embassy staff seized in Iran. Murder of Mountbatten.

0 /10

S1.E11 ∙ 1980

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

John Lennon shot. SAS storms Iranian embassy. Ronald Reagan wins US election. Hostage rescue mission fails in Iran. Mount St Helens erupts.

0 /10

S1.E12 ∙ 1981

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The Royal Wedding. Assassination attempts on Reagan and Pope. Anwar Sadat shot. First space shuttle. Iran releases hostages.

0 /10

S1.E13 ∙ 1982

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Argentina invades the Falklands. Spielberg creates ET. Laker's 'Sky Train' collapses. Unemployment hits 3 million. Cruise missiles arrive in Britain.

0 /10

S1.E14 ∙ 1983

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

South Korean airliner shot down. Reagan promises 'Star Wars'. Thatcher re-elected. America's first woman astronaut. Grenada invaded by US.

0 /10

S1.E15 ∙ 1984

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Miners strike begins. Shooting at Libyan Embassy. Brighton bombing. Hong Kong hand-over agreed. "Band Aid" helps Ethiopian victims.

0 /10

S1.E16 ∙ 1985

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Gorbachev wins power in Russia. Hijackers seize the Achille Lauro. French sink Rainbow Warrior. Madonna marries. Heysel stadium disasters.

0 /10

S1.E17 ∙ 1986

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Space shuttle explodes. Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Westland Affair. The "Big Bang" flops. Irangate scandal begins.

0 /10

S1.E18 ∙ 1987

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

"Herald of Free Enterprise" sinks. Thatcher wins third term. Terry Waite kidnapped. Britain's storm of the Century. Worldwide stock market crash.

0 /10

S1.E19 ∙ 1988

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Nurses strike for more pay. Bush wins Presidential election. SAS shootings in Gibraltar. Piper Alpha disaster. Mitterand returns as President.

0 /10

S1.E20 ∙ 1989

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Tienanmen Square massacre. Russia withdraws from Afghanistan. Berlin Wall is opened. Ceaucescu overthrown in Romania. Thatcher longest-serving PM.

0 /10

S1.E21 ∙ 1990

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Saddam invades Kuwait. Nelson Mandela is freed. Channel Tunnel meets in middle. Frank Bruno marries. Soviet troops pull out of Czechoslovakia. Thatcher resigns.

0 /10