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Season 1

  • S01E01 Property Revolution

    Charts the social revolution resulting from Thatcher's radical Right to Buy legislation and visits some of the people whose lives changed for better and worse. Thatcher's policy altered the political landscape – each party had to adjust its focus to appeal to a burgeoning, house-obsessed middle class.

  • S01E02 The Storm and the Crash

    Revisits the night in October 1987 when southern Britain was flattened by a hurricane. Only days later 'Black Monday' threatened to bring the country's economy to its knees. This film tells the story of these two cataclysmic events and the shock waves they sent through Britain.

  • S01E03 Heysel – The Day English Football Died

    Examines the disaster in Brussels during the May 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, and explores its impact on English football. The documentary argues that it was only after this low point, and other subsequent catastrophes, that a new, family and brand-friendly football culture emerged