Culture Club
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1999
The group fronted by Boy George achieved huge success in the eighties. Now back together, all four members talk about fame and the band's split.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1999
The group fronted by Boy George achieved huge success in the eighties. Now back together, all four members talk about fame and the band's split.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1999 (30 min)
Members past and present talk about the history behind the three distinct groups that have existed under the banner of the Human League, the Sheffield synthesiser band that enjoyed huge commercial success during the eighties.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1999 (30 min)
Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward recall being the hit girl group that became the most successful in UK chart hits.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1999 (30 min)
With their saturnine vocalist Morrissey and radical lead guitarist Johnny Marr, the Smiths were a sharp contrast to the glossy, synthesised sounds that dominated the eighties. In this final programme ex-members Marr, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke help trace the Mancunian quartet's complicated story.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2000
The first of four new pop profiles of eighties chart stars. From New Romantics to stars to EastEnders, this is the story of Spandau Ballet. After the hits and starring roles for the Kemp brothers, how did they all end up in court?
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2000
Dexy's Midnight Runners brought cheerfulness to the charts with Come On Eileen, but their leader Kevin Rowland ran the band like a military organisation. He and former band colleagues look back on their stormy days of stardom.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2000
United by a love of ska music and skinhead style, seven mates from London's Camden became the eighties' most distinctively English pop band. Led by Suggs, members of Madness reflect on their brushes with the National Front, the hits and splits, and their earth-rumbling reunion concert.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2000
Soft Cell star in the last in the series about eighties pop. Drink, drugs, break-ups and breakdowns rewarded Marc Almond and Dave Ball after they conquered the world with Tainted Love. The duo remember the hits and splits.