Eighties (1989 TV Movie) User Reviews

I watched this on the night

[grahame-burnip · 10/10 · 4 May 2020]

I watched this on the night and on my VHS taped it. It's been moved to DVD, now MP4. I watched this over and over and over again, it's a fantastic record of the music from the decade, split into sections with titles such as 'Famous for 2 mins 35 seconds' 'The gong show' 'Most complaints' 'Scotland the brave' 'England swings' and many more. I still watch it today, the music does not age, unlike my recording sadly. I agree 1000% the BBC should re-run this, it's a great time for music, so nostalgic, brings it all back as fresh as if it were yesterday.

This needs uploading..

[karlbennett-11590 · 10/10 · 31 December 2020]

One of the best 3hrs of music documentary ever...had this on vhs and must have watched it hundreds of times...still get the odd clip on totp2 but i wish they would put this up for New Year...

BBC please bring this back

[suepenistone · 10/10 · 23 October 2020]

I was 9 years old at the time still up on New Years eve 1989 to watch and record it. Loved watching it over and over again for many years as 80's music is the best until one day my dad taped over it by accident as technology is not his strong point. Please bring this back on BBC4 so it can watched and loved again by many. It was great as there were short clips sorted into different categories. If my memory is correct the first category was famous for 2 minutes 35 seconds. Great watch and would be so happy to see this again maybe this new year?

Please rerun this BBC!

[kcranfield · 10/10 · 3 June 2020]

I watched this when it aired on 31st Dec 1989 and rewatched my video recording, which I have now lost, many times. It would definitely bear repeating - absolutely joyful tramp through the decade.