• 2018
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
The '80s Greatest

Summary THE '80s GREATEST is a television series that offers a challenging and stimulating view of one of history's most enigmatic periods, shining a light on the people and events that shaped the decade while illuminating the trends that helped design our future. View more details

  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • 30m

The '80s Greatest

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Joan Collins Huey Morgan Steven Tyler Kurt Andersen

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7.2

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Aug 12, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Nutopia

Summary THE '80s GREATEST is a television series that offers a challenging and stimulating view of one of history's most enigmatic periods, shining a light on the people and events that shaped the decade while illuminating the trends that helped design our future. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Aug 12, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Nutopia

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Aug 12, 2018
Miracle on Ice
The 1980s begins with an Olympic Hockey game that lifts America's spirits; Ronald Reagan battles Bruce Springsteen; and a sitcom helps invent the yuppie.
Episode 2 • Aug 12, 2018
Passion for Profit
In the '80s, doing what you love can turn your passion into profit; new technology creates new opportunities; and capitalism gets a conscience.
Episode 3 • Aug 19, 2018
Family Values
In the '80s, family values undergo a huge makeover, as depicted in films and sitcoms, despite President Reagan's best attempts to stop it.
Episode 4 • Aug 19, 2018
The Culture Clash
A generation of kids express themselves by breaking all the rules, takes on '80s conservative America in the ultimate pop culture clash.
Episode 5 • Aug 26, 2018
America Gets Wired
In the '80s, networks like CNN help drive the stratospheric rise of cable. The 24-hour news channel's coverage of John Lennon's death at the start of the 80s and the rescue of baby Jessica McClure near the end cemented its place in viewers' homes. Niche channels are spawned, including MTV, QVC and many televangelism networks. The downfall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker becomes must-see TV.
Episode 6 • Aug 26, 2018
I Want It All
In the early 1980s America emerges from a recession and goes straight into an era of conspicuous consumption. Widely available credit cards spark a spending frenzy and competing brands battle to make a sale. Sex, and controversy, enter the advertiser's toolkit - but one iconic brand is almost brought to its knees when it takes rebranding too far.
Episode 7 • Aug 26, 2018
New Dynasty
For American women in the 1980s, life is not easy. Bullied by their bosses or stuck at home, they find unlikely inspiration and support from stars of the stage and screen. Eighties icons like Madonna, Jane Fonda and Joan Collins encourage them to speak up and break out of traditional gender roles, and by the end of the decade, the difference between men and women is no longer so clearly defined.
Episode 8 • Aug 26, 2018
Greed Is Good
The '80s, when nothing succeeds like excess. In Texas, a fictional oil millionaire's lifestyle captures the world's imagination and even changes the world. On Wall Street, a new philosophy breeds a new kind of capitalist, and for yuppies "Greed is Good." In Los Angeles, music and fashion take new heights. But in this era of big hair, big bonuses and even bigger phones, what goes up must come down.
Episode 9 • Sep 09, 2018
It's a Small World
In the '80s, shrinking gadgets and new technology bring the world together in unexpected ways but also trigger fears of Japanese economic might.
Episode 10 • Sep 09, 2018
Walls Come Down
In the late '80s, the Berlin Wall embodies the Cold War, but change is in the air and (with some unexpected help from popular culture) it come crashing down.
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