It Was Alright in the 1970s
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2015 (65 min)
Episode one offers a 70s-style education, revealing the toe-curling lessons that TV taught us about society and sex
Episodes
1980s - An 80s Revolution
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2015 (65 min)
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
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2015 (65 min)
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
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2015 (65 min)
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
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2015 (65 min)
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
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2015 (65 min)
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.